Concrete prefabricated housing via advances in systems technologies - Development of a technology roadmap

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-110

  Blismas, Nick ^a   Wakefield, Ron ^a   Hauser, Brian ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia Paper type Research paper.; Housing; Innovation; Keywords Cement and concrete technology

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CEMENT AND CONCRETES; KEYWORDS CEMENT AND CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY; PAPER-TYPE; RESEARCH PAPERS;

CEMENTS; COMPETITION; CONCRETE BUILDINGS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE PRODUCTS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HOUSING; PAPER PRODUCTS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77954945233     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699981011011357     Document Type: Article

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