Bureau 2010). One conspicuous feature of the construction industry is that it produced an abundance of waste while consumed vast quantities of resources and energy. According to the U.S Environmental Protection Agency, in 2013, 530 million tons of construction and demolition (C&D) debris were generated (The U.S Environmental Protection Agency, 2015). In the same year, according to Environmental Protection Agency, 162.2 million tons of C&D debris were generated from buildings (Duce-Romero, 2016). In addition, money, time and resources are wasted when construction projects are poorly managed (Modular Building Institute, 2010). Improving the efficiency of production and management of construction projects can result in savings related to resources, energy, and cost. It has been estimated that 1-1.2 million dollars per project can be lost in construction industry on waste due to over production, poor handling, incorrect storage, incorrect ordering, design change, manufacturing defects and rework (Dajadian & Koch, 2014). The associated losses amounted to $17 to $36 billion per year due to the lack of interoperability (Ahmed & Forbes, 2010). To improve the efficiency of the capital facilities sector of the construction industry, the National Research Council (NRC) Committee chose the following five breakthroughs from among dozens of potential ideas, concepts, processes and practices, as the methods potentially having the most significant impact on the construction industry efficiency and productivity (Modular Building Institute, 2010). 1) Widespread deployment and use of interoperable technology applications, also called Building Information Modeling (BIM); 2) Improved job-site efficiency through more effective interfacing of people, processes, materials, equipment, and information. According to the 2009 report of National Research Council (NRC), the job sites for large construction projects are dynamic places, involving numerous contractors, subcontractors, tradespeople and laborers, all of whom require equipment, materials and supplies to complete their tasks. NRC (2009) suggested better use of automated equipment and information technologies as improvements to the efficiencies of the projects. 3) Greater use of prefabrication, preassembly, modularization, and off-site fabrication techniques and processes; 4) Innovative, widespread use of demonstration installations; and 5) Effective performance measurement to drive efficiency and support innovation. Construction, M., H. (2010) suggested to use modular construction for prefabrication, preassembly, modularization, and off-site fabrication techniques and processes to reduce waste of materials and energy. Modular Construction is a process in which a building is constructed off-site, under controlled plant conditions, using the same materials and design to the same codes and standards as conventionally built facilities-but in about half the time (Modular Building Institute, 2010). Buildings produced in "modules" and installed together on site reflect the identical design...
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
customersupport@researchsolutions.com
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.