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Assessing Project Suitability for Off-site Production
Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, 2012 Implementation of off-site production on construction projects isoften hindered by a number of specific process and procurementconstraints. These constraints are largely influenced by decisionswithin the control of construction clients, suggesting that ...
Nick Blismas +2 more
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Buildings, 2022 There has been increasing interest in the off-site construction (OSC) method in response to issues such as stagnant labor productivity, shortage of skilled workers, challenging site management, heightened safety and health-related regulations, and the ...
YeEun Jang, JeongWook Son, Sungjoo Hwang
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A conceptual model to determine the impact of off-site construction on labour productivity
, 2021 Despite the efforts of governments and firms, the construction industry is trailing other industries in labour productivity. Construction companies are interested in increasing their labour productivity, particularly when demand grows and construction ...
Bakker, Hans L.M. +5 more
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Quantifying Advantages of Modular Construction: Waste Generation
Buildings, 2021 The construction industry is a significant source of waste generation in any economy, producing various greenhouse gases, releasing harmful substances into the natural environment, and requiring large areas of land for processing, treatment, and ...
Loizos Loizou +3 more
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BuildingsThe growing demand for sustainable and efficient construction practices has led to an increased interest in modular construction, with design for manufacture and assembly emerging as a pivotal approach.
Sadaf Montazeri +3 more
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Why is product modularity underdeveloped in construction? [PDF]
, 2021 Product modularity (a term often associated with off-site construction/prefabrication) has been discussed in construction for a few decades. In spite of that, its understanding in this new context is still emergent.
Koskela, L, Da Rocha, CG
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BuildingsThe construction industry, despite its anticipated significant growth, has struggled with low productivity over the past two decades. Design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA), a methodology with a history of success in other industries, presents a ...
Sadaf Montazeri, Zhen Lei, Nicole Odo
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Modular and Prefabricated System for Waterproofing and Insulation of Flat Roofs
Buildings, 2023 Recently, there has been an attempt to implement increasingly significant prefabrication in building construction, since this method is considered to represent an opportunity to reduce impacts in the construction sector.
Patrícia Fernandes Rocha +3 more
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A Method to Qualify the Impacts of Certifications for Prefabricated Constructions
Buildings, 2021 In the province of Quebec, Canada, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in manufactured timber construction seeking to expand their market must necessarily go beyond the local trade.
Clement Blanquet du Chayla +2 more
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, 2022 Lean Construction (LC) combines theoretical research and industry best practices in an off-site industrialized construction environment that adopts Lean Manufacturing (LM) concepts and the know-how to reduce waste in the end-to-end lean construction ...
Al-Hussein, Mohamed +3 more
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