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Stendahl, Marie-France, Marie-Claude Dubois, Daniel Forgues, and Eilif Hjelseth. "Building Information Modeling for Environmental Impact Assessment in Early Design Phases: A Literature Review". Open Journal of Applied Sciences. https://www.scirp.org/...
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