Performance of the supply chains for New Zealand prefabricated house-building

Masood, Rehan; Lim, James B.P.; González, Vicente A.

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102537

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“…Additionally, the inappropriate or even absence of design codes and standards for prefabricated components in industrialized buildings is identified as a critical political factor related to inefficient adoption and poor performance of CI [ 5 , 45 , 49 ]. Both developed and developing regions had issued regulations associated with building design codes compliance, such as the updated ‘Code of Practice for Precast Concrete Construction 2016′ announced by the HKBD [ 78 ]; the ‘precast concrete construction handbook’ prepared by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers [ 79 ]; the China State Council announcement [ 80 ]; 76 local codes for assembly building design issued by 24 provinces and autonomous regions [ 51 ] in Mainland China; EU policies about creation and harmony of building codes [ 66 ] in EU; and improvement of design guide and new codes and standards is proceeding in New Zealand [ 81 ] and Australia [ 82 ].…”

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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

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Wang

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“…Particularly, the described coordination in off-site prefabrication processes may offer substantial improvements, which can be referred to by other modular construction professions. Masood et al (2021) [46] has recently studied the supply chains of prefabricated houses. In this study, they recently reported the key prefabrication challenges or obstacles from the perspectives of suppliers in New Zealand.…”

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Obstacles Preventing the Off-Site Prefabrication of Timber and MEP Services: Qualitative Analyses from Builders and Suppliers in Australia

Lopez

Chong

Pereira³

2022

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Limited empirical and qualitative studies focus on the detailed processes and obstacles for coordinating off-site prefabrication between builders and suppliers. This research aims to identify and address the obstacles that currently prevent the further expansion of off-site prefabrication, with a research scope on timber and mechanical/electrical/plumbing (MEP) services in construction projects. The focal point of this research is to highlight their obstacles. A total of forty interviews were conducted and analyzed from four builders’ organizations and four suppliers’ organizations to ascertain their obstacles in coordinating the practice of off-site prefabrication. The results found the builder’s obstacles were sustainability, quality assurance (QA), mass production, CAD/BIM, technological support, commercial arrangements, system building, buffering in supply, schedule monitoring, productivity, flexibility, engagement, risks, and multiple supply arrangements. The supplier’s obstacles were design, financing and subcontracting, coordination, recognized practices, risks, multiple supply arrangements, and constraints. Moreover, the builders and suppliers had identified some ways to harmonize off-site prefabrication of timber. Some examples of timber prefabrication technology include joinery, doors and/or windows, structural floor/wall/roof frames, partitions, trusses, stairs, balustrades, and others. MEP services with in situ construction comprise the use of power sources and working coordination. The most important outcome of this investigation is that these obstacles can be addressed through collaboration and coordination. This is because there is a traditionally a lack of collaboration amongst builders and their suppliers. Furthermore, there is a lack of coordination between them in general. The research contributes to the improved timber and MEP services collaboration and coordination in off-site prefabrication, which can be referred to by other approaches of modular construction.

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“…This viewpoint is also supported by Luo et al [5], who revealed that governmental policy change is a considerable risk for prefabricated building projects. For companies engaged in the prefab business, offsite facilities issues, shortage of skilled workers, financing issues, and capital investment were critical factors, and they were their particular concerns [19]. For industrialized buildings, market risk, onsite management risk, economic risk, and technical risk were identified as the significant barriers that inhibit CI implementation [20].…”

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Improving Construction Industrialization Practices from a Socio-Technical System Perspective: A Hong Kong Case

Jin

Shen

Ekanayake

2021

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Construction Industrialization (CI) tends to improve industrial performance and contributes substantially towards global sustainability. Considering these merits, many countries and regions, including Hong Kong, have released policies to promote CI uptake. However, those policy interventions ignore the dynamic influence of stakeholders and technologies, which significantly influence the efficient management of CI. In response, this study aimed to objectively depict a real socio-technical system of CI uptake based on a representative case study in Hong Kong. Further, this study identified the critical issues associated with the CI uptake and proposed policy-related recommendations to overcome the key issues. In addition, this study proposed a novel approach based on two-mode social network analysis to facilitate the analysis from a socio-technical perspective. Theoretically, this depicts the interactions of construction industry stakeholders and artifacts within a dynamic, complex socio-technical environment, indicating a new stance for construction management. Finally, this research also provides valuable implications for the government to anticipate the impact of different CI policies on promoting its uptake within the complex socio-technical system.

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Performance of the supply chains for New Zealand prefabricated house-building

Cited by 70 publications

References 50 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

Obstacles Preventing the Off-Site Prefabrication of Timber and MEP Services: Qualitative Analyses from Builders and Suppliers in Australia

Improving Construction Industrialization Practices from a Socio-Technical System Perspective: A Hong Kong Case

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