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Understanding off-site readiness in Indian construction organisations [PDF]

open access: yesConstruction Innovation, 2020
Purpose This paper presents a bespoke model for understanding off-site construction (OSC) readiness among Indian construction organisations. This model presents 17 variables for discussion, the results from which help support OSC strategic decision-making.
Deepthi Bendi   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Assessment of Barriers and Strategies for the Enhancement of Off-Site Construction in India: An ISM Approach

open access: yesSustainability, 2022
The tremendous urbanization pace of India calls for higher efficiency in housing development, currently typified by low productivity and poor sustainability performance.
M. Marinelli   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Autonomous production tracking for augmenting output in off-site construction [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Problems in existing methods of production tracking in off-site construction result in schedule delays and increased costs. To eliminate these deficiencies, an autonomous production tracking that analyzes real-time production data is proposed. A specific
Arashpour, M   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Off-site construction in highways projects: management, technical, and technology perspectives from the United Kingdom

open access: yesConstruction Management and Economics, 2023
With a rich off-site construction (OSC) experience accumulated over the last two centuries, the United Kingdom (UK) is looking up to OSC to deliver its critical infrastructure projects in the next decade. Highway projects are good fits for OSC with their
A. Tezel, L. Koskela
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Barriers to the Adoption of Modular Construction in Portugal: An Interpretive Structural Modeling Approach

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
Modular construction is the most advanced method of off-site construction available, generating fully-fitted modules with up to 80% of the work completed in a controlled environment prior to their transportation and installation on-site.
Adriana Machado Ribeiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Development and Application of an Integrated Management System for Off-Site Construction Projects

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The off-site construction (OSC) method has attracted the interest of experts to resolve productivity stagnation and lack of skilled workforce and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the construction industry.
YeEun Jang, Jae-Man Lee, Jeongwook Son
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Innovative housing adoption:Modular housing for the Australian growing family [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Housing must be flexible to the circumstances growing families face as their needs change during the family lifecycle. The purpose of this paper is to gather a preliminary understanding of growing families' needs and evaluate how modular off-site ...
Guaralda, Mirko   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Current State of Using Prefabricated Construction in Australia

open access: yesBuildings, 2022
The Australian prefabricated construction market has been developing rapidly in recent years. New prefabrication-related technologies, materials, systems and services are also emerging in the current Australian market.
Zhiming Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying Advantages of Modular Construction: Waste Generation

open access: yesBuildings, 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
doaj   +1 more source

GIS-based approach for assessing the energy potential and the financial feasibility of run-off-river hydro-power in Alpine valleys [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In the last decade, European attractive policies are favoring the construction of new run-off hydro-power plants. The realization cost of these plants is quite low in mountain areas thanks to small water discharges and high gross heads.
Balest, Jessica   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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