2007/06/01 by Chris Goodier, Chris I. Goodier, Alistair Gibb · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · Engineering · #BIM and Construction Integration #Business #Computer science #Construction Engineering and Safety #Construction Project Management and Performance #Construction engineering #Construction industry #Engineering #Finance #Marketing #Operations management #Order (exchange) #Position (finance) #Process (computing) #Risk analysis (engineering) #Work (physics)
paper · doi:10.1080/01446190601071821
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Practitioners' views and opinions on the benefits and drawbacks of offsite technologies in the UK construction industry can vary widely, often depending upon their role or position. This research provides an indication of the opinions of the different sectors within the industry, including clients, designers, contractors and offsite suppliers, together with some predictions for the future growth of the offsite sector in the UK. A questionnaire survey of UK construction was conducted in order to target the three main construction industry sectors—suppliers/manufacturers, contractors and designers/clients. More than 80 questionnaires were completed and returned. The vast majority of practitioners within the industry are aware of the possibilities and potential of offsite, and most also understand the advantages and disadvantages of its use. The value of the UK offsite market was valued at £2.2bn in 2004 and the demand for offsite is clearly increasing, but it is not always clear in a project who is the main driver for its use. For the offsite market to develop further however, two main problems need to be addressed; the lack of transparent information for the decision makers in the construction process, particularly that relating to comparative costs, and the lack of available multi‐skilled labour to work in the offsite factories.