Aspects of offsite manufacturing application towards sustainable construction in Malaysia

Construction Innovation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-10

  Hamid, Zuhairi Abd ^a   Anuar Mohamad Kamar, Kamarul ^a  

^a Construction Research Institute of Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Malaysia; Off site manufacturing; Sustainable construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031896     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171211204185     Document Type: Article

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