Search Results - subject:"Prefabrication"

La sae ou la fidélité au béton (1950-1970)

Jambard, Pierre - In: Revue française d'histoire économique 17 (2022) 1, pp. 96-108

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Analysing value creation in social housing construction in remote communities – application to Nunavik (Canada)

Suárez, José Luis; Gosselin, Louis; Lehoux, Nadia - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 13 (2022) 4, pp. 493-508

features of improvement or solutions (e.g. prefabrication) with respect to value creation. A SWOT analysis, an influence …

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Automation in New Zealand's offsite construction (OSC): a status update

Darlow, Genevieve; Rotimi, James O.B.; Shahzad, Wajiha … - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 12 (2021) 1, pp. 38-52

Purpose Automation facilitates production activities within offsite construction (OSC) projects through computer-controlled and mechanised systems that can be programmed to deliver various products in a self-regulating sequence. Despite known benefits of automation to offsite production, the...

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Sustainable Construction for Urban Infill Development Using Engineered Massive Wood Panel Systems

Lehmann, Steffen - In: Sustainability 4 (2012) 10, pp. 2707-2742

Prefabricated engineered solid wood panel construction systems can sequester and store CO<sub>2</sub>. Modular cross-laminated timber (CLT, also called cross-lam) panels form the basis of low-carbon, engineered construction systems using solid wood panels that can be used to build residential infill...

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Resiliency of prefabricated daycares and schools : Finnish perspective to relocatable education facilities

Edelman, Harry; Vihola, Jaakko; Laak, Mikko; Annila, Petri - In: International journal of strategic property management 20 (2016) 3, pp. 316-327

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Prefabrication as an onsite prodctivity enhancer : analysis of impact levels of the underlying constraints and improvement measures in New Zealand construction industry

Shahzad, Wajiha Mohsin; Mbachu, Jasper - In: International journal of project organisation & … 5 (2013) 4, pp. 334-354

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Investigating waste reduction potential in the upstream processes of offshore prefabrication construction

Lu, Weisheng; Yuan, Hongping - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 28 (2013) C, pp. 804-811

The construction industry around the globe has been increasingly advocated to utilize prefabrication to minimize waste … reduction potential from adopting prefabrication in various economies including Hong Kong. A significant shortcoming of these … studies; however, is the neglect of the upstream processes of prefabrication including the manufacturing and transportation of …

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Modular, Sustainable and Customized: Projects for the Contemporary Dwelling

Cesaris, Alessandra De; Mandolesi, Domizia - In: Open House International 38 (2013) 3, pp. 39-47

The home is the place where the intimacy of living is manifested and where relationships with the outside world are formed. The truest sense of domestic space is expressed in the opposition between the interior dimension and collective aspirations. A society's needs and aspirations are reflected...

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A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector

Taylor, Mark Dunlop - In: Construction Management and Economics 28 (2010) 8, pp. 885-896

The offsite construction sector is now established as a significant contributor to the delivery of UK construction industry output. The exact value of this contribution is questionable and has been subject to substantial debate in recent literature. Existing offsite construction sector valuation...

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Design issues of using prefabrication in Hong Kong building construction

Jaillon, Lara; Poon, Chi-Sun - In: Construction Management and Economics 28 (2010) 10, pp. 1025-1042

Prefabrication techniques have been adopted for the last two decades in public housing projects in Hong Kong, but the … use of prefabrication in the private sector was encouraged only after the implementation of the Joint Practices Notes … which promote its use. Although previous studies acknowledge the environmental benefits of using prefabrication, only a few …

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