Explaining the Increase in the Australian Average House Completion Time:Activity-based versus Workflow-based Approach

Gharaie, Ehsan; Wakefield, Ron; Blismas, Nick

doi:10.5130/ajceb.v10i4.1688

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“…Australia's housing industry is under acute stress from interlocking challenges such as lengthening construction time (Gharaie et al , 2010), poor housing quality (Gasparinni et al , 2015) and soaring property prices (Demographia, 2016). A number of construction supply chains have mobilised offsite manufacturing (OSM) as a strategy to address a number of these challenges.…”

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Stable relationality and dynamic innovation: two models of collaboration in SME-driven offsite manufacturing supply chains in housing construction

Pablo

London

2020

ECAM

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PurposeThe study analyses collaborative practice in offsite manufacturing (OSM) housing supply chains, focusing specifically on supply chains driven by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The study’s analysis builds on previous work where we argued that collaboration in OSM housing construction comprises nine elements. In this study, the authors demonstrate empirically that SMEs enact these collaborative practice elements in distinct ways, foregrounding key elements over others. One core model and two sub-models of collaboration emerge from our two case studies.Design/methodology/approachThe study analyses two SME-driven supply chains using qualitative case study techniques. Data were gathered through 12 semi-structured interviews conducted in two housing construction supply chains: one in South Australia, Australia, and another in Tasmania, Australia.FindingsA comparative case study of SMEs shows that collaboration in OSM supply chains has a number of common elements, including a champion for innovation, investment in long-term relationships, resourceful use of limited assets and physical co-location. However, SMEs can also enact these elements through a range of diverging collaborative strategies that can be distilled into different models: stable relationality and dynamic innovation.Originality/valueFindings provide a compelling empirical basis for arguing that SMEs can successfully lead OSM supply chains if key collaborative practice elements are strategically mobilised in ways that are suited to their strengths and limitations. The study therefore interrogates the widely held and often limiting assumption that OSM can only be driven by large organisations with access to capital assets, capacity to invest and undisputed bargaining power.

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Stable relationality and dynamic innovation: two models of collaboration in SME-driven offsite manufacturing supply chains in housing construction

Pablo

London

2020

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“…This planning approach is called activity-based planning or project planning [7]. The critical path method is an example of an activity-based planning method [8].…”

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The application of production planning approach on a large number of residential building construction project post natural disaster

Fadjar

2020

MATEC Web Conf.

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After a large-scale natural disaster struck an urban area a large number of residential buildings construction is often needed. Such residential buildings are often built with more or less similar size and model therefore the construction is repetitive. The project management approach is normally employed in managing a large-scale residential building project. This study argues that due to its repetitive nature the construction of a large number of similar houses can also be viewed as a production system in addition to a project view. This study investigates the utilization of the production planning approach with the aid of a discrete event simulation method in managing the construction of a large number of residential buildings. This study simulates the construction of 500 similar houses. The study results show that the production management approach has the potential in managing a large-scale residential building project in addition to the project management approach.

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“…This situation is caused by the imbalance of housing supply and demand. In regard to the shortage of housing supply situation (COAG 2012;Gharaie, Wakefield & Blismas 2010;HIA 2011;NHSC 2013) and neglect in the housing supply challenges (Liu & London 2011), this paper, therefore, mainly focuses on the Australian housing problems from supply perspectives. This paper addresses four main factors including house construction costs, house completion time, level of skilled labor, and house customer preferences affecting the Australian housing supply.…”

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Alignment of Leagile Strategies With Off-site Manufacturing: Application of ANP in Australian Housing Supply

Mostafa¹,

Dumrak²

2014

Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process

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The supply response of Australian housing has not been commensurate with the growing demand. Four main factors affecting the Australian housing supply are house completion time, cost of finished house, customer preferences and level of skilled labor. Off-site manufacturing (OSM) could become a key innovation for the future of Australian house building as it provides capacity in meeting the growing housing demand, green construction and lesser requirements for labor force. OSM is a modern construction method in which house building components are produced in offsite factories and then transported to the construction site to be assembled. The supply responsiveness of OSM can be enhanced by employing lean and agile concepts. In this study, four leagile strategies are introduced to facilitate decision making based on different combinations of housing supply factors. This paper presents a matching of the four strategies with the four studied factors in the Australian house building using Analytical Network Process (ANP). The data employed for the ANP model derived from the actual specifications of 258 houses built in five Australian States by five major house builders in Australia. The results from the ANP model show the suitability in applying each strategy under different degrees influenced by the factors tested.

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Explaining the Increase in the Australian Average House Completion Time:Activity-based versus Workflow-based Approach

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

Stable relationality and dynamic innovation: two models of collaboration in SME-driven offsite manufacturing supply chains in housing construction

Stable relationality and dynamic innovation: two models of collaboration in SME-driven offsite manufacturing supply chains in housing construction

The application of production planning approach on a large number of residential building construction project post natural disaster

Alignment of Leagile Strategies With Off-site Manufacturing: Application of ANP in Australian Housing Supply

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