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Rzevski, The Open University, UK; S. Syngellakis, Wessex...</p></div></div><div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 no-padding"> <p><span class="medium-green-text">ISBN</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"> <p>978-1-78466-367-4</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Published</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p>2019</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Format</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><ul class="subject-area"><li>Hardback</li></ul></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Pages</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p>174</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Price</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p>$105.00</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-2 col-xs-4 volume transaction-row"><a href="/books/978-1-78466-171-7"><img src="/theme/Witpress/img/covers/978-1-78466-171-7/building-information-modelling-bim-in-design-construction-and-operations-ii.jpg" alt="Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations II" class="img-responsive volume-cover"/></a> </div><div class="col-md-4 col-xs-8 volume transaction-row"><p class="transaction-description"><a href="/books/978-1-78466-171-7">Building Information Modelling (BIM) in Design, Construction and Operations II</a></p><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Editors</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p> A. Galiano-Garrigos, University of Alicante, Spain; L. Mahdjoubi,...</p></div></div><div class="row"> <div class="col-md-3 no-padding"> <p><span class="medium-green-text">ISBN</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"> <p>978-1-78466-171-7</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Published</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p>2017</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Format</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><ul class="subject-area"><li>Hardback</li></ul></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Pages</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p>238</p></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Price</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p>$144.00</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-2 col-xs-4 volume transaction-row"><a href="/books/978-1-78466-277-6"><img src="/theme/Witpress/img/covers/978-1-78466-277-6/complex-systems-studies.jpg" alt="Complex Systems Studies" class="img-responsive volume-cover"/></a> </div><div class="col-md-4 col-xs-8 volume transaction-row"><p class="transaction-description"><a href="/books/978-1-78466-277-6">Complex Systems Studies</a></p><div class="row"><div class="col-md-3 no-padding"><p><span class="medium-green-text">Editors</span></p></div><div class="col-md-9 no-right-padding"><p>G. Rzevski, The Open University, UK; C. A. 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