A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China
Prefabricated construction has been widely accepted as an alternative to conventional cast-in-situ construction, given its improved performance. Great efforts have also been made to develop prefabricated construction technologies in China. However, there is a lack of an appropriate pattern for evalu...
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| description | Prefabricated construction has been widely accepted as an alternative to conventional cast-in-situ construction, given its improved performance. Great efforts have also been made to develop prefabricated construction technologies in China. However, there is a lack of an appropriate pattern for evaluating its comprehensive economic merits, and reasonable mathematical models for providing a comparative analysis of conventional cast-in-situ and prefabricated building projects have yet to be developed. Therefore, the research in this paper aims to comprehensively evaluate the economic benefits of implementing prefabricated construction techniques in order to surpass the economic barrier and promote the development of prefabricated buildings in China. The comprehensive economic evaluation is formulated in terms of resource-use efficiencies, project progress, and incentive policies. An apartment building in Shanghai is selected as a case study. Construction progress is simulated on the BIM platform when the same case study is rationally transformed from the prefabricated to the conventional cast-in-situ construction technique. The results reveal that the comprehensive economic merit can reach ¥739.6/m2 when selecting the prefabricated construction process. The economic benefit brought by shortening the construction period can be regarded as the most significant contributor. Yet, the current incentive policies only contribute 7.1% of the comprehensive economic evaluation. Overall, this research contributes an assessment framework for decision-making in the technique management of building construction. The BIM-based simulation approach can greatly help investors to identify the relevant economic factors and adopt the latest incentive policies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8da406200c444eb3973ca4f34abef3262025-02-03T06:42:22ZengWileyAdvances in Civil Engineering1687-80861687-80942019-01-01201910.1155/2019/37201913720191A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in ChinaYingbo Ji0Siwei Chang1Yuan Qi2Yan Li3Hong Xian Li4Kai Qi5School of Civil Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100043, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100043, ChinaSchool of Civil Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100043, ChinaSchool of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, AustraliaSchool of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Geelong 3220, AustraliaSchool of Civil Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100043, ChinaPrefabricated construction has been widely accepted as an alternative to conventional cast-in-situ construction, given its improved performance. Great efforts have also been made to develop prefabricated construction technologies in China. However, there is a lack of an appropriate pattern for evaluating its comprehensive economic merits, and reasonable mathematical models for providing a comparative analysis of conventional cast-in-situ and prefabricated building projects have yet to be developed. Therefore, the research in this paper aims to comprehensively evaluate the economic benefits of implementing prefabricated construction techniques in order to surpass the economic barrier and promote the development of prefabricated buildings in China. The comprehensive economic evaluation is formulated in terms of resource-use efficiencies, project progress, and incentive policies. An apartment building in Shanghai is selected as a case study. Construction progress is simulated on the BIM platform when the same case study is rationally transformed from the prefabricated to the conventional cast-in-situ construction technique. The results reveal that the comprehensive economic merit can reach ¥739.6/m2 when selecting the prefabricated construction process. The economic benefit brought by shortening the construction period can be regarded as the most significant contributor. Yet, the current incentive policies only contribute 7.1% of the comprehensive economic evaluation. Overall, this research contributes an assessment framework for decision-making in the technique management of building construction. The BIM-based simulation approach can greatly help investors to identify the relevant economic factors and adopt the latest incentive policies.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3720191 |
| spellingShingle | Yingbo Ji Siwei Chang Yuan Qi Yan Li Hong Xian Li Kai Qi A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China Advances in Civil Engineering |
| title | A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China |
| title_full | A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China |
| title_fullStr | A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China |
| title_full_unstemmed | A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China |
| title_short | A BIM-Based Study on the Comprehensive Benefit Analysis for Prefabricated Building Projects in China |
| title_sort | bim based study on the comprehensive benefit analysis for prefabricated building projects in china |
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