Near optimum selection of module configuration for efficient modular construction

Salama, Tarek; Salah, Ahmad; Moselhi, Osama; Al‐Hussein, Mohamed

doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2017.03.008

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“…However, examined three types of configurators could only fit for a certain phase of projects lifecycle, and lack connections between each other. Second, previous studies identify multiple module drivers, such as module connections, transportation distance and production time (Anvari, Angeloudis and Ochieng, 2016;Said, Chalasani and Logan, 2017;Salama et al, 2017). However, due to the uniqueness of construction projects, module drivers should be identified, and more importantly, quantified for different building types.…”

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An overview of configurations for industralized construction: typologies, customer requirements, and technical approaches

Cao¹,

Hall²

2019

Computing in Construction

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To improve productivity, the construction industry is increasingly adopting methods of industrialized construction. A key strategy to support industrialized construction is to leverage an adaptable product development platform, i.e. a configurator. Although many benefits of configurators (e.g. mass customization) have been witnessed in the manufacturing industry, the application of configurators in construction is limited and immature. This paper reviews eleven configurators in academic research and four configurators in industry practice. First, using a comparative analysis, the authors generalize three strategic typologies of configurators developed and implemented for industrialized construction. Second, stakeholder requirements are identified for each typology. Finally, the technical approaches, including related methods and theories, are reviewed using a framework of three-tier architecture decomposition. The findings contribute to practice by allowing AEC stakeholders to understand strategic typologies and customer requirements for configurators. This can assist in guiding the future development of mass-customized configurators.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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An overview of configurations for industralized construction: typologies, customer requirements, and technical approaches

Cao¹,

Hall²

2019

Computing in Construction

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“…Similar to the work of Chen et al [23], Salama et a. [30], Wang et al [37] our methodology combines mixed research methods that involves quantitative (e.g. case studies), and qualitative (e.g.…”

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“…The development of this framework has been adopted from previous literature concerned with decision making in construction in terms of developing a decision-making framework [9,30], criteria [24], or the usage of timber construction [41]. The framework is validated via real case studies and interviews with experts in the field of off-site construction and roof stacking.…”

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“…This platform optimizes the trade-offs between fabrication cost and minimization of design deviations. Salama et al [30] developed sustainability indicators using five indices to formulate a modular suitability index (MSI) that aid the selection of near optimum module configuration. Sharafi et al [31,32] developed an effective and automated method based on a unified matrix that aids the selection of compromised spatial design specifically for multi-storey modular buildings.…”

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Conceptual framework for off-site roof stacking construction

Amer

Mustafà

Attia

2019

Journal of Building Engineering

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A B S T R A C TA great deal of interest in off-site construction has been remarkable over the last decade. However, building on the rooftops of existing building has not been given a significant importance as a subject of research, despite its dependence on off-site construction and prefabrication. Thus, this paper develops a novel conceptual framework to support a multidisciplinary decision making for selecting off-site prefabricated constructional system for roof stacking. The multidisciplinary approach includes each of safety, logistics, cost, time, environmental impact, and quality of construction as major criteria in the decision making process. This paper is the outcome of an exhaustive investigation of more than 136 roof stacking projects built during the last 20 years. The development of framework is supported by a feedback validation loop based on semi-structured interviews with experts in the field of roof stacking and off-site construction.

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“…In the case of residential buildings, studies on the convenience of the residents, such as the design plan (Jaillon and Poon 2010), quality of buildings (Jonsson and Rudberg 2017), and building maintenance (Švajlenka and Kozlovská 2018), were mainly carried out. As for the non-residential buildings, many papers deal with the economic feasibility of the projects for the owners, such as construction scheduling (Moghadam et al 2012;Salama et al 2017) and decision making considering stakeholders (Finnie et al 2018). Lastly, studies related to plants seem to focus on productivity improvement, such as transportation management of OSC components (Tam et al 2007) and material procurement process integration plan (Jo et al 2018).…”

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Research Trends in Off-Site Construction Management: Review of Literature at the Process Level

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Chan-Sik

Kim

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Off-Site Construction (OSC) is a new construction method based on factory production. Due to its advantages over traditional methods, such as high productivity, economic efficiency, and excellence in quality, OSC research has actively been conducted worldwide ranging from design and production standardization, transportation method, to construction planning. Thus, to understand what knowledge has been developed to improve the management of OSC projects, this study reviewed OSC papers that focus on improving a specific project management area (e.g., time, cost, and quality) in a specific phase of a project, i.e., “process-level research.” This study found 94 papers with such a focus, out of 222 OSC project management papers published from 1986 to 2018, and assessed the trends of the research with multiple dimensions, including project phases, OSC types, application types, and management areas. Main findings are as follows: (1) process-level research has been increasing fast since 2006. (2) Non-volumetric pre-assembly type contributes the most to the increase of process-level OSC management research. (3) Research focuses vary depending on the application type (e.g., living quality issues for residential, economics issues for non-residential, productivity issues for plant). (4) Wider project management areas (e.g., quality, human resources, risk) have gained attention from OSC papers since 2006. (5) Non-volumetric type gained interests in residential and non-residential buildings, whereas modular type was studied frequently in plants. This study would help project management researchers understand the trends in OSC and plan and conduct future OSC project management research.

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Near optimum selection of module configuration for efficient modular construction

Cited by 84 publications

References 5 publications

An overview of configurations for industralized construction: typologies, customer requirements, and technical approaches

An overview of configurations for industralized construction: typologies, customer requirements, and technical approaches

Conceptual framework for off-site roof stacking construction

Research Trends in Off-Site Construction Management: Review of Literature at the Process Level

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