Searching for an optimal level of prefabrication in construction: An analytical framework

Lu, Weisheng; Chen, Ke; Xue, Fan; Pan, Wei

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.07.319

Cited by 126 publications

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“…The growing concern over the various negative environmental effects of the building industry in China is changing the competitive pattern of the construction market and prompting enterprises to produce in a "greener" way [42]. Currently, the market environment is driving Chinese enterprises to adopt environmental technology.…”

Section: Effect Of Bii On Abimentioning

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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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Section: Effect Of Bii On Abimentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…Chang et al [11] argued that in the fast urbanization process in China, adopting prefabrication construction allows the governments, prefab housing producers, and contractors to be more sustainable. Lu et al [12] developed a methodological framework to identify the optimal level of prefabrication adoption under different political, economic, social, and technological contexts. The framework's applicability is demonstrated using a case study in Hong Kong.…”

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Sustainable Ship Loading Planning for Prefabricated Products in the Construction Industry

Phipps

Wang

2020

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This paper focuses on sustainable transportation of prefab products from factories to construction sites by ship. Since the transportation cost for all the prefab products of a construction site is mainly dependent on the number of cargo holds used on ships, a loading plan for prefab products that minimizes the number of holds required is highly desirable. This paper is therefore devoted to the development of an optimal loading plan that decides which prefab products are loaded into each cargo hold and how to pack these prefab products into the holds so that as few holds as possible are used. We formulate the problem as a large-scale integer optimization model whose objective function is to minimize the total number of cargo holds used and whose constraints represent the cargo hold capacity limits. We develop a heuristic to solve the problem and obtain a high-quality solution. We have tested the model and algorithm on a case study that includes 20 prefab products. We find that different cargo holds carry prefab products that have quite different densities. Moreover, the orientations of many prefab products are different from their default orientations. The results demonstrate the applicability of the proposed model and algorithm.

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“…These are requirements of additional coordination, additional planning, extra considerations of transportation and logistics, requirement of earlier commitment, and higher initial costs. Lu et al (2018) have identified 13 factors that affect the implementation of prefabrication. The factors are grouped into political, economic, social, and technological factors, which should be considered to determine the optimal level of pre-fabrication.…”

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Mass Customization in the House Building Industry: Literature Review and Research Directions

Larsen

Lindhard

Brunoe

et al. 2019

Front. Built Environ.

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Mass customization is a manufacturing paradigm that enables customized and personalized design at a cost near mass production. Mass customization's ability to lower unit cost, increase quality, and shorten project duration for customized offerings is considered highly relevant for tomorrow's house building industry. Therefore, through a literature review, this research investigates state-of-the-art in mass customization in the house building industry from four perspectives: (1) mass customization in the house building industry, (2) modular and off-site construction, (3) construction supply chains, and (4) customer satisfaction. It is concluded that a great potential exists for applying mass customization in the house building industry. However, despite its potential, research on mass customization in the house building industry is sparse. In particular, research on developing the solution space and choice navigation tools is limited in this industry.

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Searching for an optimal level of prefabrication in construction: An analytical framework

Cited by 126 publications

References 24 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

Sustainable Ship Loading Planning for Prefabricated Products in the Construction Industry

Mass Customization in the House Building Industry: Literature Review and Research Directions

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