Circular economy of construction and demolition wood waste—a theoretical framework approach

I Jahan, G Zhang, M Bhuiyan, S Navaratnam - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
A considerable amount of construction and demolition wood waste (CDWW) is generated,
mostly landfilled, contributing to severe environmental effects. The management of CDWW is …

A literature review of the evolution of British prefabricated low-rise housing

D O'Neill, S Organ - Structural Survey, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore academic papers and reports and present a
chronology of the evolution of British low-rise prefabricated housing. The paper provides …

Process, productivity, and economic analyses of BIM–based multi-trade prefabrication—A case study

S Jang, G Lee - Automation in Construction, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous studies yielded contradicting results regarding the benefits of multi-trade
prefabrication (MTP) based on building information modeling (BIM). This study investigates …

Technological and sustainable perception on the advancements of prefabrication in construction industry

R Chippagiri, A Bras, D Sharma, RV Ralegaonkar - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The construction industry has experienced phenomenal growth because of technological
advancements in the past couple of decades. Prefabrication constitutes a sizeable share of …

Offsite manufacturing construction: a big opportunity for housing delivery in Nigeria

SJ Kolo, FP Rahimian, JS Goulding - Procedia Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The problem of housing delivery is of great concern in many countries of the world. This
problem is more predominant in developing countries and Nigeria is not an exception. In …

Social Representations of Mass Timber and Prefabricated Light-Frame Wood Construction for Multi-Story Housing: The Vision of Users in Quebec

B Giorgio, P Blanchet, A Barlet - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The increased use of wood and prefabrication are solutions that are helping to address
current and future challenges in the construction sector. However, these practices are slow …

[PDF][PDF] Wooden house construction in Scandinavia–a model for Europe

T Schauerte - … Holzbau-Forum (IHF 2010): Aus der Praxis …, 2010 - events.forum-holzbau.com
The term Scandinavia might be misleading to the attentive reader, since the countries of
interest for the present paper are not limited to the countries in the particular geographical …

Resilience and Systems—A Building structure case Example

K Mayar, DG Carmichael, X Shen - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
The resilience of building structures—as plain technical/physical/engineering systems or
complex sociotechnical systems exposed to perturbations and change—has become …

[PDF][PDF] Off-site modular construction as a method of improving construction quality and safety

CO Egege - International Journal of Structural and Civil …, 2018 - ijscer.com
Amongst others, Construction Quality and Safety are two very important factors to be
considered on a construction site. A project can be deemed successful when it has an …

Retrospective view and future initiatives in Industrialised building systems (IBS) and Modernisation, Mechanisation and Industrialisation (MMI)

ZA Hamid, FC Hung, AHA Rahim - … and industrialisation of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
By taking Malaysia as a case study, this chapter discusses the context of prefabrication to
outline the development and social acceptability of prefabrication and standardisation in the …