Height and construction costs of residential high-rise buildings in Shanghai

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1169-1180

  Blackman, Ivy Q ^a   Picken, David H ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buildings, high rise; Construction cost; Height

Indexed keywords

BUILDING HEIGHT; BUILDINGS , HIGH-RISE; CONSTRUCTION COST; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS; HEIGHT; HIGH RISE BUILDING; HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; HONG-KONG; RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; U-SHAPED;

APARTMENT HOUSES; TALL BUILDINGS;

COSTS;

EID: 77958118849     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000226     Document Type: Article

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