Dawood, N N (1998) A framework of integrating design and production system for the off-site building product industry. In: Hughes, W (ed.) Proceedings of 14th Annual ARCOM Conference, 9-11 September 1998, Reading, UK.
Abstract
The UK construction industry is going through a major re-appraisal with the objective of reducing construction cost by at least 30% by the end of this millennium. Prefabrication and off-site construction are set to play a major role in improving construction productivity, reducing cost and improving working conditions. In a survey of current practices of the prefabrication industry by the author, it was concluded that the industry is far behind other manufacturing-based industries in terms of the utilization of IT in production planning and scheduling and other technical and managerial operations. It is suggested that some form of systematic approach to presenting and processing information is needed, using an integrated computer-aided approach. The objective of this research is to develop an integrated intelligent computer-based design and production system for the precast concrete industry. The system should facilitate; the integration of design and manufacturing operations; automation of generating production schedules directly from design data and factory attributes and generation of erection schedules from site information, factory attributes and design data. It is hypothesized that the introduction of such a system would reduce the total cost of pre-casting by 10% and encourage clients to choose the precast solution.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | integration; scheduling; pre-casting |
| Index terms: | automation, working conditions, appraisal, off-site construction, construction productivity, construction industry, prefabrication, integration, precast concrete industry, construction cost, production planning, survey, production system, scheduling |
| Subjects: | employment law, automation and robotics, factor and component analysis, manufacturing engineering, industry analysis, building construction, organizational analysis, data collection methods, financial and cost management, project delivery, operations research, operations management |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Digital Applications, Time Control, Organizational Design, Research Practice, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Cost Management, Construction Technology |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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