...Firehiwot Kedir; Daniel M. Hall; Sara Brantvall; Jerker Lessing; Alexander Hollberg; Ranjith K. Soman Purpose This paper aims to conduct a qualitative assessment of synergies between information flows of a multifamily product platform used for industrialized housing and materials passports...

...Emmanuel Itodo Daniel; Olalekan Oshodi Purpose The purpose of this study is to present an overview of the existing knowledge on the combined application of lean, off-site and simulation (LOS) in housing delivery. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review approach was adopted...

... only Housing Off-site manufacturing Modular construction Indian construction Off-site construction OSC The construction industry has often been criticised for its slow adoption of emerging technologies (Yang et al., 2007 ; Ahuja et al., 2009 ; Herr and Fischer...

...Jennifer Charlson; Nenpin Dimka Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain insight into procurement routes and forms of contract used for volumetric offsite manufacturing (VOSM) in the housing sector of the UK West Midlands. Seminal literature and government reports have established...

...; with an aggregate industry experience level of 19+ years’ experience of working in OSC. A series of semi-structured interviews were conducted ranging from 60 to 90 min to validate the maturity levels and definitions. The definitions of variables were also refined to indicate how they could be measured. Housing...

... construction industry Housing Modular construction Strategy Process India is the second most populated country in the world, with an estimated 1.31 billion people (UN report, 2015), with a corresponding construction sector that is expected to be the third largest by 2030 (KPMG, 2016). The sector...

...Johannes A.W.H. Van Oorschot; Johannes I.M. Halman; Erwin Hofman Purpose The purpose of this study is threefold. First, to provide a taxonomy of innovations in the housing sector. Second, to create a coherent framework that includes the mechanisms that stimulate and hinder the adoption...

...Christiono Utomo; Yani Rahmawati Purpose Different housing development stakeholders need to cooperate and collaborate to perform various project activities. Housing development requires infrastructure development, which includes preparation of sand material embankment as much as ± 200,000...

... semi-structured interviews with building professionals. The cross-comparison between the evidence base and literature review uncovers the specific benefits, challenges and risks to BIM implementation in the house building sector. Findings BIM is an evaluation methodology that helps the management...

...Gustav Jansson; Robert Lundkvist; Thomas Olofsson Purpose – This paper aims to describe how the experience feedback (EF) from building projects contributes to product platform development in house-building companies. House-building companies seek improvements to decrease costs, improve flow...

... – The emergence of a successful passive house innovation network in the Flemish Region is described. The innovation journey of the network is related to success factors detected in SNM literature regarding market niche development. Findings – The study identifies additional success factors for systemic...

...Abimbola Olukemi Windapo; Jack Goulding Purpose – South Africa still has a considerable housing shortage. Government has tried to overcome this situation by creating programs to provide affordable housing to poor people. However, such housing is either often rejected by the beneficiaries...

... in response to climate change. The authors summarised the TRA into the following set of questions that individuals ask themselves before acting: Behaviour change Energy efficiency Energy policy Climate change Green community groups Housing Incentives Owner‐occupied Sustainability United Kingdom...

... building technologies, and resulting energy performance are discussed. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a case study of four homebuilders using high performance building technologies, including advanced framing, panelised and modular. For each homebuilder, a baseline and a demonstration house...

...Christian Thuesen; Lars Hvam Purpose This research aims to analyse the implementation of a German platform for housing projects through a successful case on modern methods of construction featuring efficient on‐site construction. Through continuous development, the platform has been carefully...

..., and the occurrence of different types of waste on the other. Design/methodology/approach The empirical context of this paper is a case study at a Swedish construction company that has applied the industrialised housing concept; a concept which has increased in popularity in recent years. The core concept...

... housing plants that instituted lean production systems. For each company, the case study documented the company's background, the product choice offered, the lean implementation approach used, the results obtained, and the effect of product choice on the lean implementation. Using these case study...

...Mohammed Arif; Jae G. Jeong; Makarand Hastak; Matt Syal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current customer relationship management (CRM) with regard to manufacturers and retailers in the US manufactured housing (MH) industry and to present an MH industry‐specific framework of CRM...

...José P. Duarte; Rodrigo Correia The current goal is to implement a description grammar that generates housing briefs based on user and site data. The ultimate goal is to customize mass housing. This paper discusses these issues. Previous research proposed a mathematical model for the automatic...