A building faces several challenges across its lifecycle stages. Challenges such as production inefficiency and inadequate waste management hinder advancement in the …
Prefabricated structures have garnered attention in bridge construction owing to their advantages in quality control, cost-effectiveness, and ability to save time. However …
Interior design and construction (IDC) is a sophisticated and often prolonged process that delivers a building to occupation. Traditional practice is rather unproductive, involving the …
A persistent barrier to the adoption of offsite construction is the lack of information for assessing prefabrication alternatives and the choices of suppliers. This study integrates …
W Pan, Z Zhang - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2023 - Elsevier
The modular approach has been increasingly adopted for building projects. However, few previous studies investigated the performance of different modular construction systems and …
C Langston, W Zhang - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) is an important part of the future of the construction industry due to the promise of speed of project delivery, quality control, worker …
MI Abd Razak, MA Khoiry, WH Wan Badaruzzaman… - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
To improve the performance of the construction industry, innovative methods were introduced to make them better. Industrialised building systems (IBS) and prefabrication …
Y Wei, Z Lei, S Altaf - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
Off-site construction is an innovative type of construction with the philosophy of standardizing the process and deploying the latest technological enablers. Many …
Rapid deployment of modular hospital facilities has become an essential action in the COVID-19 response. Design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) has played a significant …