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Constraints Hindering the Development of High-Rise Modular Buildings
Applied Sciences, 2020 Off-site construction has been increasingly employed due to its advantages, for instance, improved quality control, reduced skills labour, faster construction time, decreased material wastage and safe working environment.
Yanhui Sun +6 more
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Experimental research on the fire resistance of columns in container-style steel modular buildings [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study investigates the fire resistance of columns in container-style steel modular buildings through fire tests. Three individual columns and one combined column were tested to evaluate the fire resistance performance of various protective measures:
Jintao Duan +4 more
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Life cycle assessment of seismic resistant prefabricated modular buildings [PDF]
HeliyonPrefabricated Volumetric Modular Buildings (PVMB) have the potential to transform the construction industry and make a significant contribution to reaching sustainable development goals.
Byron Guaygua +2 more
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Results in EngineeringModular integrated construction is currently the green construction method with the highest degree of industrialization in new buildings, which meets the demand for high-quality development of intelligent construction and building industrialization ...
Zele Li +8 more
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Modular greening technologies for buildings [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 In this research we provide the analysis of the modern green wall technologies. The modular greening technology for the buildings is universal invention with respect to the purpose of the building and it is applicable for greening buildings intended for ...
Korol Elena +3 more
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Resilience and Performance of Prefabricated Modular Buildings Against Natural Disasters
Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering, 2023 Earliest global movement towards modular construction originated as a solution to the sudden housing demand which occurred during events such as British colonization, the California gold rush, the world wars and post war settlement.
Thusitha Ginigaddara +3 more
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Buildings, 2023 Modular steel buildings offer the advantages of time-saving construction, reduced on-site work, and less resource waste. The mechanical behavior of modular connections is complex, depending on the type of connecting method and the load-transferring path.
Chen Yang +5 more
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Research on Integrated Design of Modular Steel Structure Container Buildings Based on BIM
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022 Modular container buildings, as new modular steel structure buildings with the advantages of modular construction and transportation, fast construction speed, and conformance to the concept of sustainable development, have achieved rapid development in ...
Meng Su, Bauer Yang, Xiaomin Wang
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Energy audit and energy efficiency of modular military towns [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation continues to actively modernize military towns: the bet is placed on prefabricated modular buildings. Such buildings comply with the basic requirement for military installations - mobility.
Gamayunova Olga +3 more
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Sustainable Construction—Technological Aspects of Ecological Wooden Buildings
Energies, 2022 Wooden construction constitutes a specific branch of the building industry that focuses on high-quality materials, a developed sense of aesthetics connected with comfort and functionality, and concern for ecology and durability. This type of construction
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