Supply Chain Management for Prefabricated Building Projects in Hong Kong

Luo, Lizi; Jin, Xin; Shen, Geoffrey Qiping; Wang, Yingjie; Liang, Xin; Li, Xiao; Li, Clyde Zhengdao

doi:10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000739

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“…The construction industry is a key pillar of growth and success in the US, and accounts for about 4.7% of total national employment (Eteifa and El-adaway 2018). However, the construction industry is a project-based industry (Yildiz et al 2020), and the projects have substantial complexities and uncertainties (Luo et al 2020;). Thus the construction sector is highly sensitive to market conditions (Stanford and Molenaar 2020), which creates unique challenges for firms and their top management to survive and to prosper (Hartono et al 2019).…”

Section: Construction Industry and Coronavirus Pandemicmentioning

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Guidelines for Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: Best Practices, Impacts, and Future Research Directions

2021

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Due to the novelty of coronavirus disease 2019 and the lack of measurable data, no enough research studies have been conducted to provide guidelines for responding to the coronavirus pandemic. This paper addresses this critical knowledge gap through a methodology comprising two main steps. The first step involved reviewing the updated industry best practices developed by various organizations and government entities. The second step involved investigating the impacts of the coronavirus based on the available resources and expert opinions, which also were used to develop a synopsis of emerging research topics. This paper provided various beneficial outcomes and findings. First, the paper presents a concise and integrated resource of COVID-19-related best practices for the construction industry. Second, the paper determined that the pandemic is perceived to have short-and long-term impacts-including negative and positive consequences-on four main facets: (1) workforce-related issues; (2) project and workplace considerations; (3) procurement and supply chain implications; and (4) contractual, legal, and insurance aspects. Third, the paper provides future research streams and directions that could be examined by future studies to help in the transition toward the new normal. Ultimately, this paper adds to the body of knowledge by offering practitioners and researchers guidelines for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in the construction sector.

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“…The core of improving the construction industry's productivity lies in technological innovations [54]. The government has always attached great importance to promoting innovative building technologies [53].…”

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

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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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“…Other keywords that most frequently co-occurred with prefabrication included modular construction, BIM, construction, point cloud, sustainability, innovation, lean construction, IoT and genetic algorithm. The clusters and connecting lines between keyword nodes in Figure 5 show these main research areas in EAT related to MPC: (1) EAT research in MPC is often linked to BIM [8,24], which is in the same cluster with RFID [10][11][12]22,[45][46][47][48][49][50] and energy saving [51]; (2) EAT in MPC does not simply apply to modular construction [52,53] but involves off-site construction [54]; (3) EAT in MPC is also widely used in prefabricated construction for construction project management [55], supply chain management [56] and digital construction using IoT [57], and literature review is one of the main research methods used in investigating EAT related to MPC. Some scholars have also studied the status quo of EAT research in the MPC field through the form of literature review [58,59]; (4) Point cloud [60], laser scanning using lidar and photogrammetry [61,62] and machine learning [63] are used in the construction progress monitoring [64] and quality control [65] of prefabricated construction; (5) Genetic algorithm is also used to optimise structural design and sustainable design in prefabrication [66,67]; (6) 3D printing and deep learning are also gradually applied in the MPC field for digital construction, promoting the transformation of the traditional construction industry to construction automation [58,68,69]; (7) Simulation is also often used in the MPC field for life cycle assessment...…”

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“…The research of Li H. focuses on the intelligent hoisting of automotive robots and explores the possibility of applying it to the field of prefabricated construction [86]. Luo L. focuses on the application of IoT technology in the field of prefabricated construction and the management of supply chain risks in prefabricated building projects [56,87,88]. In addition, the value of the total link strength of an author is related to the numbers of co-authors and their co-publications, potentially greatly indicating the collaborative contribution between the author and the co-authors.…”

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Mapping the Knowledge Domains of Emerging Advanced Technologies in the Management of Prefabricated Construction

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Emerging advanced technologies (EAT) have been regarded as significant technological innovations which can greatly improve the transforming construction industry. Given that research on EAT related to the management of prefabricated construction (MPC) has not yet been conducted, various researchers require a state-of-the-art summary of EAT research and implementation in the MPC field. The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic literature review by analysing the selected 526 related publications in peer-reviewed leading journals during 2009–2020. Through a thorough review of selected papers from the state-of-the-art academic journals in the construction industry, EAT is recognised as the key area affecting the development of the MPC discipline. This study has value in offering original insights to summarise the advanced status quo of this field, helping subsequent researchers gain an in-depth understanding of the underlying structure of this field and allowing them to continue future research directions.

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Supply Chain Management for Prefabricated Building Projects in Hong Kong

Cited by 97 publications

References 103 publications

Guidelines for Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: Best Practices, Impacts, and Future Research Directions

Guidelines for Responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: Best Practices, Impacts, and Future Research Directions

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

Mapping the Knowledge Domains of Emerging Advanced Technologies in the Management of Prefabricated Construction

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