Examining the Drivers and States of Organizational Change for Greater Use of Prefabrication in Construction Projects

Wong, Peter S. P.; Zwar, Charles; Gharaie, Ehsan

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001309

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“…The adoption of OSM creates a new project environment that demands its stakeholders' readiness to change. In Australia, though OSM practitioners were well aware of the need to change and had undertook some practice changes (e.g., revising policies and performance management systems), these changes mainly focused on planned approaches and their emergent organizational change strategies were underdeveloped (Wong et al 2017). The situation was worse in some countries due to the reported un-readiness of their stakeholders (e.g., the contractors and architects in the Malaysian private project sector) (Nawi et al 2015), which were resulted from experience lacking, poor communication, financial This material may be downloaded for personal use only.…”

Section: Stakeholders' Readiness To Osm Implementationmentioning

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Understanding Stakeholders in Off-Site Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Chong

Wang

et al. 2019

J. Constr. Eng. Manage.

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Off-site manufacturing (OSM) has been attracted much attention in the construction industry. OSM stakeholders are crucial and have a distinguished nature in their management. However, an in-depth understanding of OSM stakeholders and their coordination are still lacking. The paper intends to (a) provide a critical review and analysis of OSM stakeholders based on prior studies, and (b) develop a research framework for their future improvement and practice. The qualitative content analysis was adopted to analyse one hundred and forty-nine journal papers. The results indicated an increased interest of exploring OSM stakeholders' issues since 2007. In addition, the prior studies focused on the two research themes of perceptions and behaviours of stakeholders and stakeholder management. Eleven specific research topics were identified within the two themes, with Perceived drivers and barriers of OSM adoption being the most popular one. A research framework was also proposed for systemically articulating the developments and gaps for OSM stakeholders. The research contributes to new insights into an in-depth understanding of OSM stakeholders and their future improvement and practice in the industry.

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Section: Stakeholders' Readiness To Osm Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding Stakeholders in Off-Site Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Chong

Wang

et al. 2019

J. Constr. Eng. Manage.

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“…Based on two case studies, Mao [10] reported that the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per square meter can be reduced by as high as 9% derived from the adoption of prefabrication. Other benefits of prefabrication include: time savings, cost savings, and better quality and safety performance during the construction [11][12][13][14][15]. For instance, the cost savings can be achieved by repetitive and mass production in the factory environment [16].…”

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Risks in Prefabricated Buildings in China: Importance-Performance Analysis Approach

2019

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Prefabrication has drawn wide attention in China during the last decade. However, the market share of prefabricated buildings in China remains comparatively low. The Importance-Performance Analysis approach is employed in this study to investigate the crucial risk factors associated with prefabricated buildings in China. A preliminary list of risks associated with prefabricated buildings in China was developed based on a critical literature review, which was consequently refined by the interview with related experts. A questionnaire survey was then conducted with selected industry professionals to solicit their expert opinions of critical risks associated with prefabricated buildings in China. Findings show that attention should be paid to the following risks: improper decomposition system, low level of factory management, incompetent quality assurance system, deviation in specification of prefabricated components, defects of component system, missing catalogue of building parts and components, poor adaptability of prefabricated building during the operational stage, and lack of actual cases to prove the environmental benefits of prefabricated buildings. This study also revealed the discrepancy between perceived critical risks and those risks with comparatively lower management performance. These findings offer useful inputs for the future development of prefabricated buildings in China and beyond.

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“…Bon-Gang et al (2018) reported that prefabrication can improve the workflow continuity, increase the efficiencies in the use of resources, minimize construction wastes, and reduce the number of on-site contractors as well as construction durations [12]. Many studies have focused on the technologies and reasoning behind off-site construction [13]. Prefabricated construction has attracted worldwide concern because of its significant role in the creation of sustainable urbanization [14].…”

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Adoption of Prefabrication in Small Scale Construction Projects

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The construction industry is facing numerous difficulties in managing construction waste, quality, environment, permanence, safety, and greater construction cost. Dynamic change is needed today to overcome new challenges in the construction industry. Adoption of prefabrication is one of the possible solutions to such problems. This paper explores the advantages in prefabrication adoption with its possible disadvantages (barriers) through the qualitative study. This paper is an addition to the existing literature of prefabrication specially for developing countries where the acceptance rate of new approaches is difficult. It covers private residential project and a public housing project. This study also aims to evaluate the current status of prefabrication adoption in small-scale construction projects. A set of the questionnaire is used to collect the data and Average Index (AI) method using SPSS has been used to analyze the results. Shorter construction time, Low site waste and better supervision are the main advantages. Higher initial construction cost and Strict & difficult design changes are the key disadvantages. It is analyzed that the conventional construction method is more frequently used when compared with prefabrication concept.

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Examining the Drivers and States of Organizational Change for Greater Use of Prefabrication in Construction Projects

Cited by 55 publications

References 22 publications

Understanding Stakeholders in Off-Site Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Understanding Stakeholders in Off-Site Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Risks in Prefabricated Buildings in China: Importance-Performance Analysis Approach

Adoption of Prefabrication in Small Scale Construction Projects

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