Towards adoption of prefabrication in construction

TL;DR: An ongoing study on the use of prefabrication in buildings and its impact on waste reduction in Hong Kong revealed that construction waste reduction is one of the major benefits when using prefabrica compared with conventional construction.

TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual framework aimed at implementing sustainability principles in the building industry is presented, which includes resource conservation, cost efficiency and design for human adaptation, based on the sustainable triple bottom line principle.

TL;DR: The findings from this study indicate that survey and case study are major methods for data collection, and the data are mostly processed through descriptive analysis, and C&D waste management will continue to be a hot research topic in the future.

TL;DR: In this article, a bibliometric study was conducted to explore the state of off-site construction research, and a quantitative approach using "science mapping" techniques was employed to examine 501 top-ranked construction journal articles.

TL;DR: The experiences of regional C&D recyclers indicate that successful recycling operations require a minimum of 0.8 ha of clear space for processing equipment, incoming waste stockpiles, recycled materials, and manoeuvring room for mobile equipment and operations.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the findings of a study into the effectiveness of a more proactive community involvement programme adopted by one English county council and suggest some opportunities and barriers to public involvement in waste management strategy development and the potential effectiveness of consensus-building approaches.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a detailed and balanced evaluation of the benefits and drawbacks of industrialized and automated building systems, and consider technological, managerial and economical aspects of industrialization, automation in the industrialized building process in production, construction and design, and information technologies in design, production and construction on site.

TL;DR: In this article, a method for the estimation of the quantity of demolition waste generation in Hong Kong and evaluates the different options that are available for demolition waste management is presented. But the results of a laboratory study on reusing the recycled aggregates as engineering materials are also briefly described.