Search for dissertations about: "prefabrication construction"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words prefabrication construction.
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11. Mapping the concept of industrialized bridge construction : potentials and obstacles
Abstract : Improving productivity is a central challenge in most industries and so also in construction. In many countries, such as Great Britain and US (Egan, 1998; Huang et al., 2009; Teichholz, 2001), governmental reports and research publications have highlighted the slow growth of productivity in the construction industry. READ MORE
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12. Lean culture in industrialized housing : a study of timber volume element prefabrication
Abstract : Industrialization and the use of timber have been put forward by means of its potential for increased efficiency in housing construction. Industrialized housing is related to learning from manufacturing, but the construction culture still has to be considered when development is discussed. READ MORE
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13. Prefabrication strategies in the timber housing industry : a comparison of Swedish and Austrian markets
Abstract : The functional-based building regulations issued in 1994/95, made it possible to once again build higher buildings with timber structures in Sweden. At the same time there was a need to make the traditional project- oriented construction process more efficient, with prefabricated building systems and products as one possible solution. READ MORE
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14. Supplying engineer-to-order joinery products to the construction Industry
Abstract : The supplying of engineer-to-order joinery products to the construction industryis considered a novel research area in the wood-related literature as well as in theconstruction-related literature. The process of supplying the construction industrywith highly refined one-of-a-kind wood products is examined in this thesis, andmore specifically, an organization using a mixture of concept-to-order and designto-order production strategies to produce Engineer-to-order Joinery Products. READ MORE
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15. Industrial Construction Methods for Cost-Effective and Sustainable Multi-Storey Buildings
Abstract : Reduction of the cost of construction is a constant goal for the building industry. One way of reducing the construction cost of buildings is to develop building technologies that will give increased productivity. Reduced construction time at the building-site and waste of materials and resources contribute to furtherreduction of the costs. READ MORE