BIM-enabled sustainability assessment of material supply decisions

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 668-695

  Alireza, Ahmadian F F ^a   Rashidi, Taha H ^a   Akbarnezhad, Ali ^a   Waller, S Travis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

BIM; Curtain wall; Life cycle assessment; Project constraints; Supply chain management; Topsis

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING MATERIALS; COMMERCE; CONSTRUCTION; ECODESIGN; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL - BIM; CURTAIN WALLS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING; PROJECT CONSTRAINTS; TECHNIQUE FOR ORDER PREFERENCE BY SIMILARITY TO IDEAL SOLUTIONS; TOPSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 85024118559     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/ECAM-12-2015-0193     Document Type: Article

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