Buildability assessment and the development of an automated design aid for managing the transfer of construction process knowledge

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 29-46

  Moore, David ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated design aid; Buildability; Knowledge transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969862     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021021     Document Type: Review

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