Design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) and design for deconstruction (DfD) in the construction industry: Challenges, trends and developments

CLC Roxas, CR Bautista, OG Dela Cruz… - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
A building faces several challenges across its lifecycle stages. Challenges such as
production inefficiency and inadequate waste management hinder advancement in the …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) with BIM for infrastructure

C Widanage, KP Kim - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
Modular construction is gaining global attention to address infrastructure productivity and
sustainability issues. However, its adoption faces challenges due to complex design …

The COVID-19 pandemic: A catalyst and accelerator for offsite construction technologies

RH Assaad, IH El-Adaway, M Hastak… - … of management in …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The construction sector is one of the largest industries that were impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic. While the COVID-19 outbreak had numerous negative impacts, the pandemic is …

Identifying the Contractor's core competencies in post-COVID-19 scenario: Developing a survey instrument

S Deep, R Joshi, S Patil - Engineering, Construction and Architectural …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Construction industry is one of the worst affected sectors due to the impact of the
current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Therefore, the purpose of this study …

Fostering Resilience in Project Teams: Adaptive Structuration Perspective

S Jiang, FYY Ling, G Ma - Journal of Management in Engineering, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
While there is burgeoning research on team resilience, resilience in temporary
organizations such as project teams to boost project outcomes has yet to be fully scrutinized …

DFMA-oriented modular and parametric design and secondary splitting of vertical PC components

D Dong, Y Zou, H Pan, G Zhou, Y Feng, Y Tang - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The design and production of assembled buildings are difficult to standardise, which limits
their extensive application. In this paper, the design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) …

Digital-enabled Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) in offsite construction: A modularity perspective for the product and process integration

T Tan, G Mills, E Papadonikolaki, B Li… - … Engineering and Design …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study aims to use modularity to impact various facets of Design for Manufacture and
Assembly (DfMA) and explore the relationship between product modularity, process …

Safety in off-site construction: simulation of crane-lifting operations using VR and BIM

A Shringi, M Arashpour, T Dwyer… - Journal of Architectural …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Tower cranes are frequently used for installation of prefabricated modules and are on-
demand resources in off-site construction. Tower cranes, however, are associated with many …

Evaluating modular healthcare facilities for COVID-19 emergency response—A case of Hong Kong

W Pan, Z Zhang - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, modular construction has been adopted for rapidly
delivering healthcare facilities, but few have systematically explored the impacts of the …

Building information modelling a key for construction industry recovery post-Covid-19

K Idrissi Gartoumi, M Aboussaleh… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Several countries have introduced and several kinds of research have discussed the
performance of building information modelling (BIM) as an information technology trend …