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Articles

Digital-enabled Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) in offsite construction: A modularity perspective for the product and process integration

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Pages 267-282 | Received 17 May 2022, Accepted 16 Jul 2022, Published online: 25 Jul 2022

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