Yunus, Riduan (2012) Decision making guidelines for sustainable construction of industrialised building systems. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Abstract
The construction industry has an obligation to respond to sustainability expectations of our society. Solutions that integrate innovative, intelligent and sustainability deliverables are vital for us to meet new and emerging challenges. Industrialised Building Systems (IBS), or known otherwise as prefabrication, employs a combination of ready-made components in the construction of buildings. They promote quality of production, enhance simplification of construction processes and minimise waste. The unique characteristics of this construction method respond well to sustainability. Despite the promises however, IBS has yet to be effectively implemented in Malaysia. There are often misconceptions among key stakeholders about IBS applications. The existing rating schemes fail to assess IBS against sustainability measures. To ensure the capture of full sustainability potential in buildings developed, the critical factors and action plans agreeable to all participants in the development processes need to be identified. Through questionnaire survey, eighteen critical factors relevant to IBS sustainability were identified and encapsulated into a conceptual framework to coordinate a systematic IBS decision making approach. Five categories were used to separate the critical factors into: ecological performance; economic value; social equity and culture; technical quality; and implementation and enforcement. This categorisation extends the "Triple Bottom Lines" to include social, economic, environmental and institutional dimensions. Semi-structured interviews help identify strategies of actions and solutions of potential problems through a SWOT analysis framework. These tools help the decision-makers maximise the opportunities by using available strengths, avoid weaknesses, and diagnose possible threats in the examined issues. The recommendations formed an integrated action plan to present information on what and how to improve sustainability through tackling each critical factor during IBS development. It can be used as part of the project briefing documents for IBS designers. For validation and finalisation the research deliverables, three case studies were conducted. The research fills a current gap by responding to IBS project scenarios in developing countries. It also provides a balanced view for designers to better understand sustainability potential and prioritize attentions to manage sustainability issues in IBS applications.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Yang, Jay; Trigunarsyah, Bambang; Hamid, Zuhairi Abdul; Too, Eric and Chi, Seokho |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | industrialised building construction; sustainability; decision making; guidelines; project management |
| Index terms: | project management, implementation, prefabrication, construction industry, industrialized building, dimension, enforcement, simplification, designer, critical factor, industrialized building system, case study, Malaysia, project briefing, conceptual framework, documents, questionnaire, validation, construction process, decision-making, construction method, survey, strategy, society, sustainable construction, interview, developing country |
| Subjects: | industry analysis, decision analysis, project management theory and practice, professional development, management, health monitoring assessment and metrics, profession, risk assessment, data collection methods, communities and social development, building construction, sustainable construction, development economics, Geography, health safety and environment, theoretical framing, contractual arrangements, scope management |
| Topics: | Research Practice, Information Management, Business Strategy, Construction Technology, Roles and Professions, Stakeholder Management, International Construction, Site Management, Project Management, Geographical Context, Health and Safety, Procurement, Sustainability, Risk Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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