Towards adoption of prefabrication in construction

Vivian W. Y. Tam; C. M. Tam; S. X. Zeng; William C. Y. Ng

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.10.003

Towards adoption of prefabrication in construction

Vivian W. Y. Tam, C. M. Tam, S. X. Zeng, William C. Y. Ng

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

There is an urgent issue on huge quantities of wastage generation in construction. There should not be lack of environmental support from construction stakeholders. The current implementation of prefabrication seems unable to provide satisfactory results to the construction industry. This paper provides a feasibility analysis in adopting prefabrication in construction activities. Advantages, hindrances and future development on prefabrication’s applications are provided based on a questionnaire survey. The suitability in adopting prefabrication of various project types is also examined. Furthermore, a financial analysis is also investigated by a local case study. It found that wastage generation can reduce up to 100% after adopting prefabrication, in which up to 84.7% can be saved on wastage reduction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3642-3654
Number of pages	13
Journal	Building and Environment
Volume	42
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.10.003
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Hong Kong (China)
construction industry
environmental management
refuse and refuse disposal

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