Drivers, constraints and the future of offsite manufacture in Australia

Construction Innovation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-83

  Blismas, Nick ^a   Wakefield, Ron ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Construction industry; Construction operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991246826     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170910931552     Document Type: Article

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