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Book Reviews

Construction Innovation and Process Improvement Akintola Akintoye, Jack Goulding and Girma Zawdie (eds), Wiley-Blackwell, London 2012, 456 pp, ISBN 978 1 4051 5648 6, £72.50 (hb)

Pages 93-95 | Received 31 Aug 2012, Accepted 10 Sep 2012, Published online: 05 Oct 2012

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