Integrated construction environments: Technology and implementation

Construction Innovation

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-51

  Alshawi, M ^a   Faraj, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective implementation of IT; IFC; Integrated environments; Standards for data exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993027381     PISSN: 14714175     EISSN: 14770857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14714170210814676     Document Type: Article

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