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Industrialized Building Systems: Strategic Outlook for Manufactured Construction in Malaysia

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Volume 18, Issue 2
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Journal of Architectural Engineering
Volume 18Issue 2June 2012
Pages: 69 - 74

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Received: Dec 1, 2010
Accepted: Sep 26, 2011
Published online: May 15, 2012
Published in print: Jun 1, 2012

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E. C. W. Lou
Research Manager, School of Built Environment, Maxwell Building, 4th Floor, Univ. of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, M5 4WT UK (corresponding author). E-mail: [email protected]
K. A. M. Kamar, Ph.D.
Manager, Technology Transfer Division, Construction Research Institute Malaysia (CREAM), Jalan Chan Sow Lin, 55200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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