...Wenchi Shou; Jun Wang; Tuan Ngo; Xiao-Long Gan; Xuejing Ruan; Hai Sun Purpose The construction sector faces significant environmental and productivity challenges, increasing the need for more sustainable and efficient building methods such as prefabricated construction. However, its adoption...

...-use rights only Offsite construction Modern methods of construction Prefabrication Barriers Sustainability Jordanian construction industry The Jordanian construction industry contributes significantly to both the country’s social and economic aspects. It employs 68,135 Jordanians...

... modeling” and “prefabrication” as dominant themes, reflecting their crucial role in the field. The co-authorship and co-citation analyses identified Geoffrey Qiping Shen as a leading researcher, with Hong Kong and China leading in publication and citation counts, highlighting their significant impact...

... been introduced as cutting-edge information tools in order to achieve effective management of vast information that arises from the prefabrication supply chain. However, without a sufficient performance evaluation, drawbacks of technology investment, such as financial losses and ineffective resource...

... Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Modular buildings Modular construction New Zealand Offsite construction (OSC) Prefabrication New Zealand construction industry practices are dominated by traditional construction methods, with considerably low levels...

...Tai Wai Kwok; Siwei Chang; Heng Li Purpose The unitized curtain wall system (UCWS), one of the prefabricated technologies, is increasingly attracting attention in the Hong Kong construction industry. However, this innovative technology still lacks on-site implementation in high-rise residential...

...Gulden Gumusburun Ayalp; Ilhami Ay Purpose Prefabricated construction technology enables relatively faster and easier construction of building structures at a lower project cost, providing improved quality control with minimal material waste. Despite the advantages of prefabricated construction...

...Perry John Forsythe; Samad M.E. Sepasgozar Purpose A problematic issue for new approaches to prefabricated timber construction is simply that there is insufficient productivity measurement data to assist estimation of resource usage, speed onsite and best practice. A lack of information...