Improving the constructability of design solutions through an integrated system

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 47-67

  Alshawi, Mustafa ^a   Underwood, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design and construction integration; Information modelling; Object oriented analysis; Process model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993016536     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb021022     Document Type: Review

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