A technical evaluation index for curtain wall and cladding facades

Structural Survey

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 210-227

  Chew, M Y L ^a   Tan, S S ^a   Kang, K H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cladding; Maintenance; Performance monitoring; Walls

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993104383     PISSN: 0263080X     EISSN: 17586844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02630800410563750     Document Type: Article

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