Abstract: The Engineering News-Record (ENR) publishes the Construction Cost Index (CCI) monthly, which is a composite index of 20-city average price of construction activities in the United States. Cost estimators use this index ...

Abstract: The level of customization currently being built by U.S. industrialized homebuilders, including modular and manufactured homes producers, is characterized and the impacts of customization on plant operational performance, ...

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Abstract: This paper serves as a resource to prefabricated construction managers who are attempting to implement lean thinking to improve their production operations by eliminating waste. Lean is both a general way of thinking and ...

Abstract: Construction activities and the built environment have an enormous effect on the environment, human health, and the overall economy. Sustainable homebuilding in all three dimensions of economic, environmental, and social ...

Abstract: Within the residential sector, the low-income segment accounts for a significant amount of energy consumption. In addition to poor housing conditions in the low-income sector, occupant behavior is one of the most important ...

Abstract: The two biggest challenges in the construction industry, low productivity and high injury rates, may be addressed simultaneously through the combination of lean production strategies and traditional safety-analysis tools. ...

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of the most current topics of interest related to the field of housing and residential building construction. It addresses issues related to industry-wide residential construction trends, ...