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Influence of Site and Market Conditions and Economics of Prefabrication and Industrialisation

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THIS CHAPTER EXPLORES the effect of site and market conditions on building costs and the way in which they account for variations in the price of similar type buildings erected in different locations. The origins and forms of prefabrication and industrialised building are examined and the economics of these processes critically investigated.

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  1. Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FIMunE, FIQS, MIOB (Head of Department of Surveying and Dean of the School of Environmental Studies)

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Seeley, I.H. (1976). Influence of Site and Market Conditions and Economics of Prefabrication and Industrialisation. In: Building Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03068-2_4

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