Construction Innovation: Volume 9 Issue 1

Information, Process, Management

Subject:

Table of contents - Special Issue: Offsitre Manufacturing

Guest Editors: Mohammed Arif

Maintenance performance evaluation of offsite and in situ bathrooms

Wei Pan, Alistair G.F. Gibb

Offsite is one of the main innovative techniques employed in the contemporary UK construction sector. Building maintenance accounts for over 5 percent of the UK's gross domestic…

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Framework of manufacturer‐retailer relationship in the manufactured housing construction

Jae G. Jeong, Makarand Hastak, Matt Syal

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the current customer relationship management (CRM) with regard to manufacturers and retailers in the US manufactured housing (MH) industry…

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The challenge of organizational design for manufactured construction

Colin H. Davidson

The purpose of this paper is to address an aspect of the innovation process leading to manufactured construction, which is often ignored, namely the organizational changes that…

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Impact of manufactured housing component assembly redesign on facility layout and production process

A. Sabharwal, M. Syal, M. Hastak

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the impact of the component assemblies redesign on the material handling costs associated with the facility layout and also, on the…

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Drivers, constraints and the future of offsite manufacture in Australia

Nick Blismas, Ron Wakefield

Much has been written on offsite manufacture (OSM) in construction, particularly regarding the perceived benefits and barriers to implementation. However, very little…

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The impact of product choice on lean homebuilding

Isabelina Nahmens, Michael Mullens

The purpose of this paper is to better define the relationships between product variety and lean production in enabling mass customization in industrialized homebuilding.

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Simulation‐based efficiency assessment approach for rebar supply chains in Turkey

Gul Polat

The purpose of this paper is to assess the impacts of implementing different combinations of various organizational changes on the economics of rebar supply chains in the special…

Cover of Construction Innovation

ISSN:

1471-4175

Online date, start – end:

2001

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Anil Sawhney
  • Professor Srinath Perera