Abstract: AbstractOffsite construction can enhance productivity, quality, and sustainability in the building industry. However, the adoption of prefabrication strategies is limited by a lack of early-phase evaluation tools, when ...

Abstract: Industrialized homebuilding (IHB) has been suggested as the solution to the housing crisis around the world. However, there is no clear understanding of the potential impacts of industrialization on the competition structure ...

Abstract: Mechanical contractors have been among the very early pioneers of construction prefabrication by moving a significant amount of work to sheet metal fabrication shops off-site to produce common fittings of mechanical building ...

Abstract: Specialty trade contractors have increasingly invested in virtual design and construction (VDC) capabilities to virtually model the project, ensure the constructability of the model, engineer its system components, ...