A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 885-896

  Taylor, Mark Dunlop ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gross output; Offsite construction; Prefabrication; Value added

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION CODES; COMMON STANDARDS; DOMESTIC OUTPUT; GROSS OUTPUT; GROWTH FORECAST; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; MANUFACTURING OUTPUT; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MARKET RESEARCHES; OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION; PREFABRICATION; UK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; VALUE ADDED;

INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MANUFACTURE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

BENCHMARKING; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FORECASTING METHOD; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; MARKET CONDITIONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77956746019     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.480976     Document Type: Article

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