Design issues of using prefabrication in hong kong building construction

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1025-1042

  Jaillon, Lara ^a   Poon, Chi Sun ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong kong; Life cycle design; Precast concrete; Prefabrication; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

HONG-KONG; LIFE CYCLE DESIGN; PRE-CAST; PREFABRICATION; SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DESIGN; HOUSING; LIFE CYCLE; PREFABRICATED CONSTRUCTION; SURVEYS;

PRECAST CONCRETE;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; DESIGN; HOUSING PROJECT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77958617075     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2010.498481     Document Type: Article

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