Open AccessPrefabrication in the Australian context
Author(s) -
Hong Xian Li,
Mark Luther,
Anthony Mills
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
modular and offsite construction (moc) summit proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-5438
DOI - 10.29173/mocs51
Subject(s) - prefabrication , context (archaeology) , architectural engineering , engineering , settlement (finance) , interpretation (philosophy) , product (mathematics) , civil engineering , construction engineering , computer science , history , archaeology , world wide web , geometry , mathematics , payment , programming language
Australia actually has a long history with prefabricated building since its early settlement days. However, methods of prefabrication have, until the past decade, been relatively few and almost nonexistent with the exception of relocatable school building or portables. The revival of interest in prefabricated building has been quite recent, involving a few selective construction companies, and the interpretation of prefabrication has mainly resulted in a ‘volumetric’ product as the solution. In response to this, first the paper describes the profile of prefabrication in Australia, and then addresses a pathway for the processes and methods to pre-fabrication based on the identified challenges in Australia. This paper presents these ideas and discusses the up and coming directions of prefabrication in Australia.