The development of an IFC-based lifecycle costing prototype tool for building construction and maintenance: Integrating lifecycle costing to nD modelling

Construction Innovation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-98

  fu, C ^a   Kaya, S ^a   Aouad, M Kagioglou G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Life cycle costs; Modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077475     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170710721313     Document Type: Article

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