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المؤلفSadabad, Mohammad Maleki
تاريخ الإتاحة2023-08-31T06:57:03Z
تاريخ النشر2023
اسم المنشور2nd International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction
الاقتباسSadabad M.M., "Offsite Construction in the UK: Economic and Environmental Benefits", The 2nd International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC 2023), Doha, Qatar, 5-8 February 2023, DOI: https://doi.org/10.29117/cic.2023.0047
الرقم المعياري الدولي للكتاب2958-3128
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttps://doi.org/10.29117/cic.2023.0047
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/47081
الملخصIn contrast to traditional piece meal onsite construction, offsite construction comprises the planning, designing, production, transporting, and assembly of building elements for speedy site assembly to a higher degree of completion. Offsite building utilises a wide range of materials, scales, and systems, as well as modern manufacturing and fabrication techniques and computer software. Offsite construction is utilised to create componentised, panelised, and modular elements that support structural, enclosure, service, and interior partition systems. Integrating these systems with the supply chain through research, design, testing, and prototyping is an off-site optimisation technique. Due of economic, health and safety, and environmental factors, major UK contractors have adopted offsite construction over the past decade. Large projects are requiring major contractors like Mace, Laing O' Rourke, and Balfour Beatty to invest in off-site manufacturing. Offsite construction is defined in detail in this paper, along with how it can help construction projects to succeed economically and environmentally. The impact of offsite construction was examined in this research using a narrative review of the existing literature, and the findings demonstrate that there are numerous advantages both economically and environmentally. Offsite construction is more environmentally friendly because it requires less energy and large machinery uses on site. Since it is simpler to anticipate the amount of material required and buy in bulk, the organisation may reduce waste and the number of vehicles required to transport the finished product to the site. Cost savings always result from transferring site processes to a production workshop setting. The cost of labour in mechanical and electrical installation is one of the highest costs in construction industry, therefore, as prefabricated solutions have been fully or partially completed before they arrive on-site, labour can be reduced with offsite construction.
اللغةen
الناشرQatar University Press
الموضوعOffsite construction
Sustainability
Cost efficiency
العنوانOffsite Construction in the UK: Economic and Environmental Benefits
النوعConference Paper
الصفحات343-349
ESSN2958-3136


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