Definitions, concepts and new directions in Industrialized Building Systems (IBS)

Zabihi, Hossein; Habib, Farah; Mirsaeedie, Leila

doi:10.1007/s12205-013-0020-y

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“…The main contexts of these terms refer to three common activities, i.e., production precast components at a factory, delivering precast components to on-sites, and assembling precast components to form buildings [7,8]. Prefabrication as a sustainable method that offers great benefits, such as reduction in waste [9], time, labor [10], cost, health and safety risks [11], and environmental pollution; and improvement in profits, predictability, and life performance [12], has become popular in many nations. Meanwhile, governments in some countries are confronted with problems, such as demographic dividend disappearing, frequent security incidents [7], and serious waste of resources and environmental pollution [13].…”

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Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Xue

Zhang

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:As a sustainable construction method, prefabrication has become popular in many nations. However, there are many challenges for prefabrication, especially in terms of cost. Previous studies have revealed that higher capital cost was the most important barrier to the implementation of prefabrication. Thus, the objective of this study is to explore and evaluate the critical factors affecting the capital cost of prefabrication and examine how cost management may be affected by the "experience", "corporate responsibility", and "participant function" as a fix independent factors. To achieve the research objective, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 experts for the development of the questionnaire. Then, a questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate the significance of 49 factors related to prefabrication capital cost. The survey results revealed that "Specification and standards for prefabricated building design", "Related experience of manager", and "Rationality of precast component split" were the most critical factors. In addition, "experience", "corporate responsibility", and "participant function" had significant impact on the evaluation of capital cost factors. The findings can facilitate developing a benchmark framework for exploring the factors affecting the capital cost of prefabrication in China.

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Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Xue

Zhang

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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“…Industrialization is an essential part of wide modernization process through development of innovative technologies and manufacturing methods [25]. With regard to house building, industrialization of construction primarily refers to the rationalization of construction process through prefabrication in order to achieve the cost efficiency and improved productivity and quality [26].…”

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Evaluating the Efficiency of Industrialization Process in Prefabricated Residential Buildings Using a Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision‐Making Method

Liang

Zhang

2017

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

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To alleviate the housing pressure and achieve a sustainable society, prefabricated residential building (PRB) has witnessed rapid growth in recent years. The usage of prefabricated components in the building represents a significant indicator that is traditionally used to differentiate the PRB from the traditional building. However, it cannot provide details on the efficiency of the industrialization process in the PRB. The main goal of this paper is to develop a composite index to measure the multidimensional concept of industrialization efficiency. Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (fuzzy AHP) and fuzzy Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (fuzzy TOPSIS) are applied to combine the hierarchical structure of indicators into one overall index. Finally, the industrialization efficiency assessment of three PRBs is chosen as a case to illustrate the effectiveness of the method. It can effectively quantify experts' linguistic expressions on the performance of the PRB in different established indicators. This research can provide a decision support tool to assess and continuously promote the improvement of industrialization production in the housing industry.

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“…After the Second World War, prefabricated buildings were developed rapidly because of their mass production and mechanized construction (Zabihi et al 2013). Prefabricated buildings in China ever had a development period, but then their development was almost terminated for some reasons (Jiang 2010).…”

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Research on Assembly Sequence Planning and Optimization of Precast Concrete Buildings

Wang

Yuan

Sun

2018

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Abstract. Due to more complex structure and increasing prefabrication rate of precast concrete buildings, the assembly order between their constituent components is getting more and more attention. In order to solve the assembly sequence planning and optimization (ASPO) problem in precast concrete buildings, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Improved Genetic Algorithm (IGA) are organically combined to propose a new method called BIM-IGA-based ASPO method. This method uses BIM for parametric modelling, uses IGA to search for an optimal assembly sequence, and then uses BIM again for visual simulation to further test the assembly sequence. Besides, IGA, which is improved in coding mode, crossover operation and mutation operation, is also used to achieve the dynamic adjustment of assembly sequence in construction process. A full-text example is used to explain the detailed operating principle of BIM-IGA-based ASPO method. The results indicate that the method can effectively find an optimal assembly sequence to reduce the assembly difficulty of a precast concrete building.

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Definitions, concepts and new directions in Industrialized Building Systems (IBS)

Cited by 41 publications

References 3 publications

Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Factors Affecting the Capital Cost of Prefabrication—A Case Study of China

Evaluating the Efficiency of Industrialization Process in Prefabricated Residential Buildings Using a Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision‐Making Method

Research on Assembly Sequence Planning and Optimization of Precast Concrete Buildings

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