Demystifying the cost barriers to offsite construction in the UK

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1081-1099

  Pan, Wei ^a   Sidwell, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

apartment building; Cost barrier; cost engineering; offsite construction; pre cast concrete cross wall

Indexed keywords

APARTMENT BUILDINGS; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; COST COMPARISONS; COST EFFICIENCY; COST PERFORMANCE; COST SAVING; EXPERIENCE CURVES; HIGH RISE BUILDING; HIGH RISE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING; IN-SITU; OFFSITE CONSTRUCTION; PRE-CAST CONCRETE CROSS-WALL; RC FRAMES; STEEL FRAME; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TIMBER FRAMES;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; COST ENGINEERING; INNOVATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STEEL CONSTRUCTION; STRUCTURAL FRAMES; TALL BUILDINGS;

COSTS;

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; TRANSACTION COST; WALL;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857956160     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: 1466433X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446193.2011.637938     Document Type: Article

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