Long-standing themes and new developments in offsite construction: the case of UK housing

Zhang, Ruoheng; Zhou, Shanjing; Tahmasebi, Saeid; Whyte, Jennifer

doi:10.1680/jcien.19.00011

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“…Science and technology are the primary productive force, and technological policies better promote CI development through technology as an implementation approach; in turn, the broader range of CI applications promotes advances in technology. Technological advancements can help the construction industry evolve [ 111 ], which also necessitate the proliferation of technological policies.…”

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Promoting Construction Industrialisation with Policy Interventions: A Holistic Review of Published Policy Literature

Jin

Shen

Wang

et al. 2021

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By adopting the concept of ‘factory assembly followed by onsite installation,’ construction industrialisation (CI) plays an increasingly important role in sustainable urban development. CI can enhance construction quality and efficiency while reducing environmental impacts. To promote the CI, several policy interventions have been developed and implemented in different countries and regions. This study reviews the global CI promoting regulations and policies to provide a comprehensive insight into its interrelationship and development tendency. The research selects 105 publications related to practical CI policy from widely utilised databases (i.e., Web of Science and Scopus). Based on the annual publication trend analysis, geospatial distribution, and citation analysis, seven interrelated critical CI policy formulation themes are identified and examined: regulatory policies, standardised policies, promotional policies, urban design and planning policies, technological policies, managerial and educational policies, and sustainability policies. In addition, internal correlations and mutual influence among these seven classified policies are explored and discussed, which helps scholars enhance their grasp of current CI policy research and guide future research. This review provides the research community and industrial practitioners with a comprehensive understanding of various CI-promoting policies and a roadmap to CI-promoting policy development and evaluation.

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Section: Findings and Discussionmentioning

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Promoting Construction Industrialisation with Policy Interventions: A Holistic Review of Published Policy Literature

Jin

Shen

Wang

et al. 2021

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“…This paper thus aims to delimit the knowledge-gap by synthesizing the current scientific literature on the factors related to WMC demand, supply and local-level governance that affect the circumstances in the housing markets. As a result of our analysis, we summarize and conceptualize the challenges of WMC market development and identify aspects, which requires to be addressed in future studies to establish new research agenda, as called by Zhang et al (2019).…”

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Wooden multi-storey construction market development – systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region

Jussila¹,

Nagy²,

Lähtinen³

et al. 2022

Silva Fenn.

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Climate change sets high pressures on the construction industry to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Due to the carbon storage properties and potential to use renewable resources efficiently, wooden multi-storey construction (WMC) is an interesting alternative for the construction industry to enhance sustainable development combined with the aesthetic and well-being benefits of wood perceived among many consumers. For forest industry firms, industrial wood construction is a possibility to seek for business opportunities and bring socio-economic benefits for local economies. Despite positive drivers, WMC still remains a niche even in the forest-rich countries.The purpose of our study is to add understanding on the WMC market development by conducting a systematic literature analysis on international peer-reviewed studies from the past 20 years. Our special focus is on the role of WMC in the housing markets studied from the perspectives of the demand, supply and local governance factors. As specific aims, we 1) synthesize the key barriers and enabling factors for the WMC market growth; 2) identify the actors addressed in the existing studies connected to the WMC market development, and 3) summarize research methods and analytical approaches used in the previous studies. As a systematic method to make literature searches in Web of Science and Scopus for years 2000â2020, we employed PRISMA guidelines. By using pre-determined keywords, our searches resulted in a sample of 696 articles, of which 42 full articles were after selection procedure included in-depth content analysis. Our results showed cost-efficiency gains from industrialized prefabrication and perceived sustainability benefits by consumers and architects enabled a WMC market diffusion. The lack of experiences on the WMC, and path dependencies to use concrete and steel continue to be key barriers for increased WMC. Although our research scope was the global WMC market development, most of the literature concerned the Nordic region. The key actors covered in the literature were businesses (e.g., contractors, manufacturers and architects) involved in the wood construction value-chains, while residents and actors in the local governance were seldomly addressed. Currently, case studies, the use of qualitative data sets and focus on the Nordic region dominate the literature. This hinders the generalizability of findings in different regional contexts. In the future, more research is needed on how sustainability-driven wood construction value-chains are successfully shaping up in different geographical regions, and how they could challenge the dominant concrete-based construction regime.

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“…For instance, strong attention is given to off-site construction potential and its impact on companies' business models [37][38][39]. Many studies on business models and offsite construction, prefabrication or industrialization of the construction have been conducted [40][41][42][43][44][45]. One-stop-shop (OSS) rather than fragmented solution shops is an example of innovative business model in the renovation sector [46].…”

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Main Features of the Timber Structure Building Industry Business Models

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The use of timber as structural building material is growing and a greater number of firms are looking to enter this raising market. Erecting a complex timber building usually involves combining the work of architects, structural engineers, builders, suppliers and/or supplier–builders, all of them having their own business models. The purpose of this research was to uncover the specific nature of business models in the timber structure building industry. First, a thorough mapping of these business models was undertaken. Second, underlying patterns were uncovered within these models. A triangulation method of secondary data, semi-structured interviews and participant observation was used to allow for an in-depth study of 23 stakeholder business models. The analysis shows that knowledge sharing appears as crucial and may be achieved through sustained collaboration. As a result, collaborative contract procurement modes seem to be the most appropriate for timber construction. Tight relationships with suppliers and supplier–builders also appear as prerequisites. Furthermore, stakeholder partnerships with universities appear common in the field, while prefabrication is increasing in popularity. These findings can be useful to grasp the prevailing business models in this industry given the sustained growth of the timber structure building market.

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Long-standing themes and new developments in offsite construction: the case of UK housing

Cited by 18 publications

References 51 publications

Promoting Construction Industrialisation with Policy Interventions: A Holistic Review of Published Policy Literature

Promoting Construction Industrialisation with Policy Interventions: A Holistic Review of Published Policy Literature

Wooden multi-storey construction market development – systematic literature review within a global scope with insights on the Nordic region

Main Features of the Timber Structure Building Industry Business Models

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