Economic sustainability, environmental sustainability and constructability indicators related to concrete- and steel-projects

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 748-756

  Zhong, Yun ^a   Wu, Peng ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constructability; Economic sustainability; Environmental sustainability; Reinforced concrete; Structural steel

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; NOISE POLLUTION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; WATER RECYCLING;

CONSTRUCTABILITY; CONSTRUCTION DURATION; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; STRUCTURAL STEELS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84956645654     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.095     Document Type: Article

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