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

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Building Economics

Part of the book series: Macmillan Building and Surveying Series ((BASS))

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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. The Nottingham Trent University, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, FCIOB, FIH (Emeritus Professor)

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  1. Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, FCIOB, FIH
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Seeley, I.H. (1983). Influence of Site and Market Conditions and Economics of Prefabrication and Industrialisation. In: Building Economics. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17173-6_4

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