Offsite production in the UK: The way forward? A UK construction industry perspective

Construction Innovation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-202

  Nadim, Wafaa ^a   Goulding, Jack S ^b  

^a The British University in Egypt   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Construction operations; Education; Skills; Training; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986107433     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714171011037183     Document Type: Article

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