Barriers to the transition towards off-site construction in China: An Interpretive structural modeling approach

Gan, Xiaolong; Chang, Ruidong; Zuo, Jian; Wen, Tao; Zillante, George

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.184

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“…Another important reason is that there are relatively few real estate enterprises that are engaged in construction of prefabricated residential buildings, which leads to prefabricated residential buildings are in short supply, however meanwhile, discounts and promotion activities of traditional residences are drawing in more consumers. Second, there is a lack of knowledge for many consumers in understanding prefabricated residential buildings, which causes them to worry about the living convenience and quality of the prefabricated residential buildings to some extent [81]. Hypothesis H2 was verified based on the results, which means that the actual purchasing behaviors of consumers can positively affect the actual implementing behaviors of real estate enterprises.…”

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Impacts of Consumers and Real Estate Enterprises on the Implementation of Prefabrication in Residential Buildings: The Moderating Role of Incentive Policies

2019

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Based on the theory of Planned Behavior, this study firstly explored the relationship between the behavioral intention and the actual behavior of consumers and real estate enterprises when choosing prefabricated residential buildings. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was adopted, being supported by the questionnaire data from 310 respondents of 14 prefabricated building demonstration cities in China, to achieve the purpose. The results show that there is a gap between the behavioral intention and the actual behavior of consumers and real estate enterprises. The moderating effect of reputational incentive policies and financial incentive policies was examined to bridge the gap. It shows that reputational incentive policies and financial incentive policies are an effective way in promoting the behavioral intention and actual behavior of real estate enterprises when adopting prefabricated residential buildings, but they all do not work for consumers. The findings can help government understand the preference of consumers and real estate enterprises, so as to use governance incentive policies more wisely and rationally under various circumstances.

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Impacts of Consumers and Real Estate Enterprises on the Implementation of Prefabrication in Residential Buildings: The Moderating Role of Incentive Policies

2019

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“…To achieve the research purpose, this study employed a qualitative approach, i.e., interpretive structural modeling (ISM); the philosophical foundation for developing this application into complex situations as a communication tool was presented by Warfield [37]. ISM has been broadly utilized since its initiation, from the early literature on the policymaking [38][39][40][41], up to its wide use in recent managerial and developmental research [16,[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49].…”

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An ISM Approach for the Barrier Analysis in Implementing Green Campus Operations: Towards Higher Education Sustainability

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Although various initiatives have been undertaken by the universities worldwide to ensure that their campus operates sustainably, there are emergent barriers that pose serious challenges to the practitioners and subsequently hinder the successful implementation. The research for this paper was built upon the discussion concerning ‘campus operations’, which is one of the dominant sustainability elements in the university systems. It analyzes the barriers for green campus operations implementation through a methodological approach, which was implemented in two tiers. For identification of the barriers, a comprehensive review of the literature was performed and consulted with academic experts who have been involved in greening campus operations in the university. Next, interpretive structural modeling was used to analyze and develop a model of interactions, mutual influence, and relationship among barriers. The results revealed an eighteen-barrier interpretive structural model with eight levels. The analysis indicated that ‘lack of awareness’, ‘lack of knowledge’, ‘resistance to change’, and ‘inefficient communication’ are the dominant barriers with high driving and low dependence powers. The research findings highlighted the importance of this structural model for universities to facilitate the implementation of campus operations by removing the dominant barriers.

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“…Inconsistencies among experts emerged when judging the dependence between the identified design barriers. Currently, there are two known principles for dealing with this phenomenon: the principle of "the minority gives way to the majority" [43,44] and the principle of "the error is within Sustainability 2020, 12, 2994 7 of 16 the allowable range" [45,46]. Since the error value in SSIM is not easy to calculate, the principle of "the minority gives way to the majority" was adopted here.…”

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Research on the Barrier Analysis and Strength Measurement of a Prefabricated Building Design

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As a sustainable and cleaner type of facility, prefabricated buildings face more design barriers than traditional non-prefabricated buildings. Identifying and managing these barriers is key to improving the success rate of prefabricated building design. However, direct studies on these design barriers are extremely rare. The present study solved this problem by combining multiple methods, including grounded theory (GT), structured self-intersection matrix (SSIM), analytic network process (ANP), and the linear weighted sum method (LWSM). GT was adopted to identify the barriers to prefabricated building design and then SSIM was used to analyze the interactions among them. The eight design barriers were finally identified and classified into three clusters: technical barriers, economic barriers, and management barriers. A further analysis found that there is dependence and feedback among these clusters. The technical barrier cluster and management barrier cluster experience self-feedback. A network model based on ANP was next established to calculate the weights of the barrier elements and then this model was combined with LWSM to evaluate the overall design barrier strength of a project case. The results showed that architectural individualization has the greatest impact on prefabricated building design, followed by the collaborative issues among multiple units and professional designer issues. The overall design barrier strength of the project case was larger. Therefore, the first suggestion provided to the facility management sector is to establish a library for standard house types to achieve architectural design through multihouse combinations.Sustainability 2020, 12, 2994 2 of 16 construction [7], and off-site construction [8]. Whether emergency-driven or market-driven, prefabricated buildings are becoming increasingly popular. However, several barriers affecting the development of prefabricated buildings are often mentioned, including a higher total cost [9], impaired aesthetics [10], additional risks [11], a lack of professional expertise [12], and the absence of management experience [13]. Nevertheless, prefabricated buildings are still favored by the government of China due to their many advantages, including their faster construction speed [14], less required on-site labor [15], higher construction quality [16], sustainable development [17], and superior occupational health and safety [18]. With the development of prefabricated buildings, some new issues are beginning to emerge and become increasingly prominent, especially the design changes of prefabricated buildings. Bogenstatter noted that the design stage determines up to 80% of operational costs, as well as the environment impacts [19,20]. Hence, design changes can waste a great deal of time and money and even affect the quality of buildings. Overcoming this issue remains a troubling prospect for industry insiders and researchers.Design changes are common not just for ordinary buildings but also for prefabricated buildings. However, the design of a p...

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Barriers to the transition towards off-site construction in China: An Interpretive structural modeling approach

Cited by 186 publications

References 49 publications

Impacts of Consumers and Real Estate Enterprises on the Implementation of Prefabrication in Residential Buildings: The Moderating Role of Incentive Policies

Impacts of Consumers and Real Estate Enterprises on the Implementation of Prefabrication in Residential Buildings: The Moderating Role of Incentive Policies

An ISM Approach for the Barrier Analysis in Implementing Green Campus Operations: Towards Higher Education Sustainability

Research on the Barrier Analysis and Strength Measurement of a Prefabricated Building Design

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