Productivity Enhancement of Construction Industry using Prefabrication: Impact Levels of the Underlying Constraints and Improvement Measures
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3659189618 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 144 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Her research is in the area of construction productivity. She holds a Masters degree in Construction Management with Honors from Massey University. . Wajiha is a Civil Engineer with five years of extensive industry experience in project planning and management. About the Author Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad is a Post Graduate Researcher at Massey University, New Zealand
Her research is in the area of construction productivity. She holds a Masters degree in Construction Management with Honors from Massey University. . Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad is a Post Graduate Researcher at Massey University, New Zealand. Wajiha is a Civil Engineer with five years of extensive industry experience in project planning and management
A nation-wide survey of consultants, contractors, employers and manufacturers was carried out in New Zealand and the received feedback was analysed. Additionally measures for improving the uptake of the technology in construction industry were suggested. Prefabrication of building components could be leveraged to improve reported low productivity trend in construction industry. For a methodical evaluation of the marginal value achievable by the use of prefabrication variant over and above that of the traditional stick-built system at the design and life-cycle phases of the procurement process, a decision support model was developed and tested using the modular variant of the prefabrication compared to the traditional stick-built system. Despite numerous known benefits of prefabrication, uptake of this technology has been discouragingly low. Results shows that use of modular variant of the prefabrication delivers superior value