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Synchronizing production of precast elements with on-site erection [PDF]

Archives of Civil Engineering
Offsite construction technologies are developed to reduce project cost and duration. To make the most of the potential offered by prefabrication the planner should consider the whole supply chain.
Piotr Jaskowski, Sławomir Biruk, Michał Krzeminski   +2 more
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Sustainable Renovation through Modular semantic prefabrication

, 2023
The paper explores the potential of prefabrication in the renovation sector and argues the need for a semantic, modular, and scalable approach. Compared to traditional construction processes, prefabrication aims at reducing costs without compromising ...
Rezgui, Yacine, Hamini, Salima, Ramdani, Abdelkader   +2 more
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Parametric BIM-Based Lifecycle Performance Prediction and Optimisation for Residential Buildings Using Alternative Materials and Designs

Buildings, 2023
Residential building construction is resource-intensive and significantly impacts the environment by embodied and operational carbon emissions. This study has adopted a parametric building information modelling (BIM)-based approach for a residential ...
Jielong Gan, Kexin Li, Xiuqi Li, Emil Mok, Patrick Ho, Jenny Law, Joey Lau, Raymond Kwok, Raymond Yau   +8 more
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Optimization of the Supplier Selection Process in Prefabrication Using BIM

Buildings, 2019
Prefabrication offers substantial benefits including reduction in construction waste, material waste, energy use, labor demands, and delivery time, and an improvement in project constructability and cost certainty.
Linlin Zhao, Zhansheng Liu, Jasper Mbachu   +2 more
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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, Nuno Oliveira Ferreira, Dóris Queiroz, Nelson Bento Pereira   +3 more
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Reducing carbon emissions in prefabricated buildings: a systematic review of LCA-based strategies

Discover Civil Engineering
The construction industry is one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions owing to the high-energy-intensive utilization of materials.
Rukhsar Sayed, Smita Patil, J. S. Sudarsan   +2 more
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Automatic Classification and Coding of Prefabricated Components Using IFC and the Random Forest Algorithm

Buildings, 2022
The management of prefabricated component staging and turnover lacks the effective integration of informatization and complexity, as relevant information is stored in the heterogeneous systems of various stakeholders.
Zhao Xu, Zheng Xie, Xuerong Wang, Mi Niu
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Interface problems with volumetric prefabrication [PDF]

, 2007
Modern Methods of Construction can assist the construction industry to achieve higher levels of production and a higher quality of product. They are being promoted by the UK government and are seen by some as a panacea to the ills of the construction ...
Painting, N.J.; id_orcid, Danby, Ali
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Scheduling the production of prefabrication construction supply chains considering variable delivery times

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
The application of prefabrication and modularization in the construction industry has grown significantly recently. The efficiency of prefabrication supply chains yields substantial advantages for construction projects. A challenge is the variability in
Chung Ho, Zelda B. Zabinsky, Yong-Woo Kim   +2 more
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Industrial Building Systems - Content Scoring System for assessing the prefabrication rate of construction projects [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Industrialization represents the concept of highly productive industrial methods of production, which in the construction industry are usually interpreted in various forms of prefabrication.
Bereznanin Samuel, Kozlovska Maria, Strukova Zuzana   +2 more
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