Factors impeding the offsite production of housing construction in China: an investigation of current practice
Factors impeding the offsite production of housing construction in China: an investigation of current practice
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DOI：
10.1080/01446193.2013.787491
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发表时间：
2014-02
影响因子：
3.4
通讯作者：
Xiaolin Zhai;R. Reed;A. Mills
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作者：
Xiaolin Zhai;R. Reed;A. Mills
推广非现场生产是建筑业未来可能的战略方向，因为它提供了经济、环境和社会效益。然而，在中国，非现场生产的吸收率，特别是在住房部门，相对较低，很少有研究确定和审查这一趋势背后的原因。这一研究空白的解决和因素，抑制更广泛地使用异地生产在中国的住房建设行业进行了调查。通过问卷调查的方式，对包括开发商、设计师、承包商、制造商和供应商在内的110名中国建筑专业人士的观点进行了调查。因子分析的21个独立的变量进行提取六个主要因素，即：“可施工性实施”，“社会气候和态度”，“建筑性能”，“成本”，“供应链”和“筹备阶段”。调查结果确定了在中国增加异地生产的障碍和挑战。这为中国的住房建筑行业提供了一个难得的视角，可能对其他正在寻求确定和克服更广泛采用异地生产的障碍的发展中国家产生影响。
The promotion of offsite production is a possible future strategic direction for the construction industry as it provides economic, environmental and social benefits. However, in China, the uptake of offsite production, particularly in the housing sector, is relatively low and few studies have identified and examined the reasons behind this trend. This research gap is addressed and factors that inhibit the wider use of offsite production in China’s housing construction industry are investigated. A questionnaire survey was carried out, examining the views of 110 construction professionals in China including developers, designers, contractors, manufacturers and suppliers. Factor analysis of 21 separate variables was undertaken which extracted six principal factors, namely: ‘constructability implementation’, ‘social climate and attitudes’, ‘architectural performance’, ‘costing’, ‘supply chain’ and ‘preparatory stage’. The findings identify both barriers and challenges to increasing the uptake of offsite production in China. This provides a rare insight about the housing construction industry in China with possible implications for other developing countries that are seeking to identify and overcome barriers to the wider uptake of offsite production.