Selection and specification of building products: Implications for design managers

Architectural Engineering and Design Management

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 176-186

  Emmitt, Stephen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Architectural practice; Building products; Constructability; Decision making; Design management; Innovation; Specification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966309694     PISSN: 17452007     EISSN: 17527589     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17452007.2006.9684614     Document Type: Article

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