• Title of article

    Towards adoption of prefabrication in constructio n

  • Author/Authors

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

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    13
  • From page
    3642
  • To page
    3654
  • 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 prefabricationʹs 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.
  • Keywords
    construction , environmental management , prefabrication , Waste management , Hong Kong
  • Journal title
    Building and Environment
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Building and Environment
  • Record number

    409632