Bakhaty, Y and Kaluarachchi, Y (2020) Critical success factors, barriers and challenges for adopting offsite prefabrication: A systematic literature review. In: Scott, L and Neilson, C J (eds.) Proceedings of 36th Annual ARCOM Conference, 7-8 September 2020, Online Event, UK.
Abstract
Egypt suffers from a huge deficit in low-income housing despite several mitigation attempts. The housing deficit has reached 3.5 million units in 2017 due to several issues including a high population increase rate, overcrowding, slum dwellings, poor housing stock and poor performance of the construction sector (Schwab, 2017). In order to address these challenges, offsite prefabrication has been proffered as an innovative solution to provide decent housing to the least advantaged households. This paper presents the findings of reviewing the literature of adopting offsite prefabrication in several developing and developed countries chronologically as well as the Egyptian housing, construction sector and economy to find the critical success factors, challenges and barriers to successful adoption. The literature has been reviewed and analysed using systematic review of selected journal papers, conference proceedings, industry reports and books that identified two main themes critical success factors CSF and challenges. The review concluded that the housing deficit would not be reduced through conventional construction methods; hence, a new construction approach is needed that integrates manufacturing with construction. On the other hand, the critical success factors for successful adoption of offsite prefabrication include governmental support, adopting new building codes, integration of private sector, industrial capabilities and social and cultural factors. It is concluded that offsite prefabrication can leverage low-income houses delivery in addition to improving the performance of the Egyptian construction sector.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Egypt; housing; offsite prefabrication; success factors |
| Index terms: | integration, slum, success factor, construction sector, developing and developed country, income, construction method, private sector, conference, prefabrication, critical success factor, housing stock, low-income housing, household, journal, building code, mitigation, housing, population, Egypt, systematic literature review |
| Subjects: | housing and residential development, regulatory law, research evaluation and metrics, research dissemination and communication, Geography, construction type, organizational analysis, economic analysis, demography, industry analysis, economic development, control systems, urban design, health monitoring assessment and metrics, financial risk, building construction |
| Topics: | International Construction, Urban Studies, Geographical Context, Business Strategy, Cost Management, Organizational Design, Site Management, Construction Technology, Research Practice, Project Management, Health and Safety, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCTE |
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