Revaluing Construction in Developing Countries: A Research Agenda

The International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) has launched an international initiative to revalue the construction industry. This paper considers a research agenda which can be adopted to provide the framework for the revaluing of the construction industrie...

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Main Author: Ofori, George (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2006.
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