Understanding Stakeholders in Off-Site Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Hu, Xin; Chong, Heap‐Yih; Wang, Xiangyu; London, Kerry

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0001674

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“…Much of the improved safety is due to the reduced environmental hazards in off-site manufacturing [2]. The safe and less hazardous environment also enhances productivity and the quality of the products [54].…”

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“…Required Accurate Planning [46]; [47]; [48] Transportation Challenges [46]; [49]; [50] Negative Public and Expert Perception [51]; [52] Establishment Cost and Cost Due to Complexity [4]; [19]; [10]; [51]; [53] Excessive Coordination Needed [54]; [55] Require Accurate Planning: O'Connor et al [46] indicated that the project planning process of modular construction differs approximately 37% from the project planning of conventional construction. The differences might include the overall planning, cost estimation, scoping, design, etc.…”

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“…In any construction project, establishing coordination and transitioning from one stage of construction to the next is key to completing the project on schedule and cost effectively [56,57,58,59,60,61]. Presumably, since the procedure in modular construction is different, the need for coordination will be a greater challenge [54,55].…”

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Modular Construction vs. Traditional Construction: Advantages and Limitations: A Comparative Study

Subramanya¹,

Kermanshachi²,

Rouhanizadeh³

2020

Proceedings of the Creative Construction E-Conference 2020

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Modular construction is a novel technique that has several advantages over traditional construction methods; however, along with the benefits, there are limitations that make it challenging. Various aspects of modular construction need to be studied in-depth to improve the construction process, and the aim of this study was to accomplish that by investigating its advantages and limitations and comparing them with traditional construction. The advantages were identified through a thorough literature review, and were classified into five categories: project schedule, project cost, labor safety, project quality and productivity, and environmental. The limitations were also investigated through the existing literature and classified into five categories: project planning, transportation, public and expert acceptance, establishment cost and cost due to complexity, and coordination. The results revealed that the advantages of modular construction outnumber its limitations; however, further technological development and research would lessen or mitigate the challenges. The results of this study highlight the main benefits and challenges associated with modular construction and will help project stakeholders choose between this method and conventional construction methods for their projects.

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Modular Construction vs. Traditional Construction: Advantages and Limitations: A Comparative Study

Subramanya¹,

Kermanshachi²,

Rouhanizadeh³

2020

Proceedings of the Creative Construction E-Conference 2020

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“…On the other hand, BIM as a real-time information sharing platform makes a significant contribution to multi-disciplinary collaboration and coordination in conventional construction [81,82]. In contrast to conventional construction, modular construction is a typical process-intensive approach, with a relatively interdependent supply chain that needs a mature solution for coordination and communication among all stakeholders throughout the entire life cycle [83]. As a consequence, BIM has great potential to act as a communication platform during modular construction that is a possible solution to C9, "lack of coordination and communication", the foremost constraints from the questionnaire.…”

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Constraints Hindering the Development of High-Rise Modular Buildings

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Wang

et al. 2020

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Off-site construction has been increasingly employed due to its advantages, for instance, improved quality control, reduced skills labour, faster construction time, decreased material wastage and safe working environment. As the most cutting-edge off-site construction, modular buildings have been utilised for residential building, student accommodation, and hotel projects. However, because of existing and underlying constraints, the adoption of modular buildings is still relatively low. To reveal factors hindering the development of high-rise modular buildings, a comprehensive literature review, coupled with a focus group study, were conducted. A questionnaire survey inquiring about all stakeholders was implemented to quantify constraints. The results were further examined according to a real-life case study. This paper manifested that “Lack of coordination and communication among stakeholders”, “Higher cost”, “Lack of government support”, “Lack of experience and expertise”, “Lack of building codes and standards”, “Poor supply chain integration”, and “Complexity of connection” are the top barriers curbing the uptake of modular buildings. The findings should provide a valuable reference for stakeholders adopting modular buildings, whilst mitigating risks amid modular construction. Future research is expected to exploit building information modelling and design for manufacture and assembly to alleviate these existing constraints and promote the performance of modular construction as well.

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“…Prefabricated buildings is also called modular buildings [ 4 ]. Compared with traditional cast-in-situ concrete building, it can minimize construction time, save construction water and reduce environmental pollution [ 5 – 8 ]. In addition, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) points out that prefabricated buildings can also reduce building energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions [ 9 , 10 ].…”

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Analysis on the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings based on FISM-BN

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Facing the pressure of environment, sustainable development is the demand of the current construction industry development. Prefabricated construction technologies has been actively promoted in China. Cost has always been one of the important factors in the development of prefabricated buildings. The hidden cost of prefabricated buildings has a great impact on the total cost of the project, and it exists in the whole process of building construction. In this paper innovatively studies the cost of prefabricated buildings from the perspective of hidden cost. In order to analysis the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings, the influencing factor index system in terms of design, management, technology, policy and environment has been established, which includes 13 factors in total. And the hidden cost analysis model has been proposed based on FISM-BN, this model combines fuzzy interpretive structure model(FISM) with Bayesian network(BN). This model can comprehensively analyze the hidden cost through the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. And the analysis process is dynamic, not fixed at a certain point in time to analyze the cost. We can get the internal logical relationship among the influencing factors of the hidden cost, and present it in the form of intuitive chart by FISM-BN. Furthermore the model could not only predict the probability of the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings and realize in-time control through causal reasoning, but also predict the posterior probability of other influencing factors through diagnostic reasoning when the hidden cost occurs and find out the key factors that lead to the hidden cost. Then the final influencing factors are determined after one by one check. Finally, the model is demonstrated on the hidden cost analysis of prefabricated buildings the probability of recessive cost is 26%. In the analysis and control of the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings, scientific and effective decision-making and reference opinions are provided for managers.

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Understanding Stakeholders in Off-Site Manufacturing: A Literature Review

Cited by 81 publications

References 135 publications

Modular Construction vs. Traditional Construction: Advantages and Limitations: A Comparative Study

Modular Construction vs. Traditional Construction: Advantages and Limitations: A Comparative Study

Constraints Hindering the Development of High-Rise Modular Buildings

Analysis on the hidden cost of prefabricated buildings based on FISM-BN

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