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Understanding quantification is one key to delivering environmentally sustainable assets
Understanding quantification is one key to delivering environmentally sustainable assets
By Mark Quinn
Environment
31 August 2003
ISSN: 2207-466X
This note discusses how the quantity surveyor's skills can be harnessed in the development of environmentally sustainable design. It focuses on the skills of managing quantity and the relationship of quantity to cost and environmental performance.
note summary
Environmentally sustainable buildings
Difficulties evaluating
Benefits of good design
Where is the quantity surveyor in this process?
Conclusion
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