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    This document discusses prefabrication in construction and its benefits and challenges. Some key points: 1. Prefabrication involves manufacturing building components in a factory and assembling them on-site, allowing for faster construction. 2. Benefits include cost and time savings, quality control, and safety, but challenges include ensuring strong connections between components and precision in assembly. 3. There are advantages like reduced waste and weather independence, but also disadvantages like potential leakage, transportation costs, and initial higher costs. 4. Common prefabrication types include precast concrete, steel framing, timber framing, and blockwork systems.

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    This document discusses prefabrication in construction and its benefits and challenges. Some key points: 1. Prefabrication involves manufacturing building components in a factory and assembling them on-site, allowing for faster construction. 2. Benefits include cost and time savings, quality control, and safety, but challenges include ensuring strong connections between components and precision in assembly. 3. There are advantages like reduced waste and weather independence, but also disadvantages like potential leakage, transportation costs, and initial higher costs. 4. Common prefabrication types include precast concrete, steel framing, timber framing, and blockwork systems.

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    This document discusses prefabrication in construction and its benefits and challenges. Some key points: 1. Prefabrication involves manufacturing building components in a factory and assembling them on-site, allowing for faster construction. 2. Benefits include cost and time savings, quality control, and safety, but challenges include ensuring strong connections between components and precision in assembly. 3. There are advantages like reduced waste and weather independence, but also disadvantages like potential leakage, transportation costs, and initial higher costs. 4. Common prefabrication types include precast concrete, steel framing, timber framing, and blockwork systems.

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    CHAPTER 2-PART 2

    INFLUENCE OF SITE AND MARKET


    CONDITIONS AND ECONOMICS OF
    PREFABRICATION
    What is Prefabrication?

     Prefabrication is the practice of manufacturing the


    components of an assembly in one location and
    assembling them in another.
     The manufacture of sections of a building at the
    factory, so they can be easily and rapidly
    assembled at the building site.
    What is Industrialised Buildings System
    (IBS)?

     Industrialised Building System (IBS) is a common


    phrase used in Malaysia to describe the construction
    of a building by assembling the building component
    that builds from a factory.
     So in general IBS and Prefabricated or in short Prefab
    building are referring the same thing.
    Eg. Prefabricated House
    Construction
    Eg. Prefabricated Wall Panel
    Eg. Prefabricated bathroom pods
    Eg. Prefabricated Roof Trust
    BENEFITS OF PREFABRICATION

    1. Mitigating the labour shortage


    2. Cost-effectiveness
    3. Time savings
    4. Quality control
    5. Lower environmental impact
    6. Better safety and security
    7. Flexibility
    8. Reduced Site Disruption
    CHALLENGES OF PREFABRICATION

    1. The joints to be given should be well-built enough


    to convey all sorts of stresses, connecting the core
    structure and the components.
    2. The strength and solidity of the whole building
    totally depend on the strength of the joint.
    3. Must have detailed studies on the whole system.
    CHALLENGES OF PREFABRICATION

    4. Require accuracy and precision but we have lack


    of skilled labour on-site and on-site automation.
    5. Mandatory need for skill development and on-site
    automation for the prefabricated systems to be
    installed.
    CHALLENGES OF PREFABRICATION

    6. It is likely to get damaged during the erection or


    transport of heavy machinery units, so the arrangement
    of the units must be performed precisely especially s in a
    congested area.
    7. Requires machine-oriented expertise both on-site and in
    the production process.
    Advantages of prefabrication

    1. As self-supporting ready-made components are


    used, the need for formwork, shuttering and
    scaffolding is substantially lowered.
    2. Building time is decreased, resulting in lower
    labour costs.
    3. Reduced the quantity of waste materials on
    site.
    4. Reduction in construction time to allow an
    earlier return of the invested principal.
    Advantages of prefabrication

    5. Construction guarantees precise compliance with


    building codes and excellent quality assurance.
    6. Have good quality control and factory sealing, high-
    energy performance.
    7. Prefabrication permits building throughout the year,
    regardless of the weather (related to excessive cold,
    heat, rain, snow, etc.).
    8. Better security level on site.
    Disadvantages of prefabrication

    1. Leakage occurs in joints in prefabricated parts.


    2. For huge prefabricated parts, transportation costs
    can be high.
    3. To ensure affordability through prefabrication,
    increased production volume is required.
    4. Initial costs for construction are higher.
    5. The initial production of designs is time-consuming.
    Disadvantages of prefabrication

    6. Large prefabricated parts require heavy-duty cranes


    and measurement of precision from handling to
    position on site.
    7. Local employment can be lost, as skilled labour is
    needed.
    8. Modular building design and construction requires high
    levels of cooperation between project parties,
    particularly architects, structural engineers and
    manufacturers.
    9. These buildings usually depreciate more rapidly than
    standard site-built housing due to their shorter
    economic existence.
    TYPES OF PREFABRICATION

    There are FIVE common types of prefabrication.


    1. Precast concrete framing, panel and box system
    2. Steel formwork systems
    3. Steel framing systems
    4. Prefabricated timber framing systems
    5. Blockwork systems
    Thank you

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