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Author:   Jack S. Goulding (University of Wolverhampton, UK) ,  Farzad Pour Rahimian (Teesside University, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138550681

ISBN 10:   113855068
Pages:   524
Publication Date:   25 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Offsite Manufacturing: Envisioning the Future Agenda Jack S. Goulding and Farzad Pour Rahimian 2 Offsite Construction Driving Forces: A Critical Reflection of Hofstede’s National Culture Model Yuedan Liu, Chao Mao, and Xiangyu Wang 3 Offsite Manufacturing: Discontinuous Challenges and Opportunities for Offsite Lifecycle Processes in Malaysia Rahinah Ibrahim and Ali Rashidi 4 Offsite Manufacturing in Construction: A Union of Business Models, Determinative Constructs, and Strategic Accomplishment Gary D. Holt 5 Industrialised House Building: Concepts and its Application in Sweden Jerker Lessing and Lars Stehn 6 Design for Manufacture and Assembly in Offsite Construction and Relationship with Concurrent Engineering Mehrdad Arashpour 7 Demonstration of BERA Language-Based Approach to Offsite Construction Design Analysis Jin-Kook Lee and Charles M. Eastman 8 Scoping Potential of Virtual Reality and Offsite Manufacturing: Envisioning the Future Phillippa K. Carnemolla 9 Towards Optimising OSM Implementation in Construction Projects: A Sustainable Procurement Perspective Ahmed W.A. Hammad, Monty Sutrisna, and Atiq Zaman 10 Productivity, Innovation and Disruption: A Study of Offsite Construction in the United States Ryan E. Smith and Ivan Rupnik 11 Core Offsite Manufacture Industry Drivers Robert Hairstans and Tsvetomila A. Duncheva 12 Offsite Construction Capability and Sector Resilience in the UK: An Integrated Systemic Approach for Learning Wafaa Nadim 13 Innovative Robotics and Automation for Offsite Manufacturing Bahriye Ilhan, Thomas Bock, Thomas Linner, Kepa Iturralde, Wen Pan and Rongbo Hu 14 The Impact of Organisational Learning and Change on Offsite Manufacturing Christian Thuesen and Baris Bekdik 15 Stakeholder Transformation in OSM Infrastructure Construction Bryan Hubbard and Sarah M. Hubbard 16 Core OSM Implementation Strategies Edgar P. Small 17 Prefabricated Housing Firms in Japan and Sweden: Learning from Leading Countries Karen Manley and Kristian Widén 18 Offsite Manufacturing Innovation in a Biomimetic Future Ehab Sayed 19 Optimising Offsite Manufactured Components in the UK House-Building Sector: Understanding the Legal and Contractual Issues Andrew Agapiou 20 Rethinking Offsite Manufacturing for Disaster Resilience Niraj Thurairajah, Gayan Wedawatta, and Nirooja Thurairajah 21 Developing and Diffusing a Timber-Based Multi-Storey Housing System: Moving Towards Offsite Manufacturing John E.A. Lindgren

Reviews

This book is an incredibly comprehensive and information-heavy book that is also a great tool to have to keep on top of recent advancements in the field of offsite production and manufacturing. -Jenna Collignon, Editor, Matrix Group Publishing

This book is an incredibly comprehensive and information-heavy book that is also a great tool to have to keep on top of recent advancements in the field of offsite production and manufacturing. -Jenna Collignon, Editor, Matrix Group Publishing

Author Information

Jack S. Goulding is Professor of Construction Project Management at the University of Wolverhampton (UK) and Joint Coordinator of CIB W121: Offsite Construction. He works closely with industry developing new business models, strategies and change programmes, including technology transfer, organisational learning and offsite manufacturing. Farzad Pour Rahimian is an Associate Professor at Northumbria University (UK), with expertise in the mainstream areas of: BIM, IT Integrated Design and Construction, Virtual-Reality, Automation, Simulation and Optimisation. He has led various publicly funded research projects, supervised numerous industry-based PhD students and published more than 120 research outputs.

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