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Open Building Manufacturing Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements OpenOpen BuildingBuilding ManufacturingManufacturing Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Abdul Samad Kazi, Matti Hannus Samir Boudjabeur & Adrian Malone Open Building Manufacturing Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Edited by: Dr. Abdul Samad (Sami) Kazi, Matti Hannus Dr. Samir Boudjabeur and Adrian Malone Copyright © 2007 ManuBuild Some rights reserved. This book (and its electronic version that is available online through http://www.manubuild.net) is released under a Creative Commons Attribution•NonCommercial• NoDerivativeWorks license. Under this license, you are free to copy, distribute, and perform the work presented in this book under the following conditions: you must give the original author(s) credit for the work; you may not use it for commercial purposes; you may not alter, transform, or build upon this work (for more details, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by•nc•nd/2.5/). 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Published by: ManuBuild in collaboration with, VTT – Technical Research Centre of Finland (www.vtt.fi) ISBN 978•951•38•6352•4 (Print) ISBN 978•951•38•6353•1 (Electronic) Printed in Finland Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Table of Contents Table of Contents iii Preface vii Concepts Chapter 1: Vision and Strategy of ManuBuild – Open Building 3 Manufacturing Jochen Eichert & Abdul Samad (Sami) Kazi Chapter 2: Best Practices: Lessons Learned on Building Concepts 15 Mieke Oostra & Christina Claeson•Jonsson Chapter 3: A Generic Classification of Industrialised Building Systems 33 Roger•Bruno Richard Chapter 4: Dwellings for Today and Tomorrow: A People•focussed, Sustainable Approach to Design Utilising an Open Building 49 Manufacturing Approach Steve Thompson Chapter 5: Open, Lean and the Quality of the Built Environment 69 Ype Cuperus Chapter 6: Use of LC Guides in Open Building Manufacturing 83 Tarja Häkkinen & Sakari Pulakka iii Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Industrial Requirements Chapter 7: Building Manufacturing Architecture – Whatever You Thought, Think Again 109 Dan Engström, Steve Thompson & Mieke Oostra Chapter 8: Stakeholder Requirements for Open Building Manufacturing 133 Francisco Capilla Hervás & María Isabel Vega Ruiz Chapter 9: Open Building Maintenance 153 Brian Woods Chapter 10: Stochastic Process Modelling in the Development of Standardised Services 171 Kalle Kähkönen & Abdul Samad (Sami) Kazi Chapter 11: Training and Education for Open Building Manufacturing • Closing the Skills Gap Paradigm 189 Mustafa Alshawi, Jack Goulding & Wafaa Nadim iv Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Solutions and Applications Chapter 12: Operationalizing the Open Building Approach in Large•Scale Infrastructure Projects 217 Nuno Gil, Sara Beckman & Iris Tommelein Chapter 13: The Project Culture – Forces behind the Optimum Project Performance 237 Jian Zuo & George Zillante Chapter 14: Using the LEGO™ Analogy to Engineer, Configure, and Optimise 263 SWOP Project Consortium Chapter 15: Cutting Construction Waste by Prefabrication 287 Vivian W. Y. Tam & C. M. Tam Chapter 16: User•Oriented Interactive Building Design 305 S. Martinez, C. Barcena,C. Balaguer, J.M. Navarro, C. Bosch & A. Rubio v Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements vi Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Preface Background and Introduction The construction industry is primarily characterised as a craft•based one producing one of a kind products and services. Other manufacturing sectors such as aerospace and automotive sectors in comparison primarily rely on standardised components that can be configured and assembled to provide a specific product or service. Open building manufacturing is an attempt to bring some of the salient features of efficient manufacturing to the construction sector. This should allow for significant savings in construction and maintenance costs, fewer errors and rework, more choices and value to the customer, new products and services that can be configured and assembled in mobile factories at construction sites, etc., as is reported in different chapters in this book. The ManuBuild project is leading European efforts in the open building manufacturing area through the creation of an Open Building Manufacturing System, a new paradigm for building production by combining ultra•efficient manufacturing in factories and construction sites, and an open system for products and components offering diversity of supply in the open market. The ManuBuild Project ManuBuild • "Open Building Manufacturing", is an industry•led collaborative research project on Industrialised Construction, part•funded by the European Commission. Commencing in April 2005, it is a 4•year project involving 25 partners from 10 countries across Europe. The ManuBuild vision is of a future where customers will be able to purchase high quality, manufactured buildings having a high degree of design flexibility and at low cost compared to today. For the first time, inspirational unconstrained building design will be combined with highly efficient industrialised production. Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements This book, “Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements” was launched by the ManuBuild project consortium to both share its own findings with a wider audience, and to learn from the experiences of others engaged in practice and research in the area of open building manufacturing. Of the more than 25 extended abstracts received for this book, only 18 were invited for full chapter submission. These chapters were peer•reviewed and based on the peer•reviews, 16 were retained for final inclusion in this book upon further improvement in response to the peer•reviews. ManuBuild expects to follow•up this book with publications showcasing the results and findings of ManuBuild and others on key technologies and potential applications, and, applications and industrial case studies on open building manufacturing. vii Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Content Structure The chapters presented in this book have been organised around a common content presentation structure to foster ease of reading and understanding. Typically, each chapter features sections on industrial context, problem definition, learning objectives, approach, analysis, key findings, business impacts, a set of conclusions, and most importantly, offers a valuable set of key lessons learned. Background Industrial Context Problem Background information on Description of the problem(s) the topic addressed from an that the chapter addresses industrial perspective Learning Objectives What the reader will learn from the chapter Approach Tools, techniques, and methodologies used for the investigation and analysis of the topic addressed Analysis Detailed analysis and discussion of the topic(s) addressed by the chapter Results and Business Impacts Key Findings Business Impacts Main findings from the Verified and/or potential analysis including barriers & business impacts based on enablers of success/failure topic analysis Conclusions Description of the issues addressed, reflections on the solutions identified, and identification of important emerging issues for further exploration Key Lessons Learned Practical tips and lessons learned from the chapter. These are the main takeaways and nuggets for the reader Overview of Chapter Structure and Content Flow viii Open Building Manufacturing: Core Concepts and Industrial Requirements Portfolio of Book Chapters This book contains sixteen chapters that have been clustered under three broad and yet complimentary themes as follows: · Concepts: The chapters under this theme cover the vision for open building manufacturing as seen by the ManuBuild project consortium, lessons learned on building concepts from industrial best practices, classifications of industrial building systems, and different approaches to the understanding and use of different concepts in open building manufacturing. · Industrial Requirements: The chapters under this theme focus primarily on different requirements for open building manufacturing. They cover different perspectives to building manufacturing architecture, stakeholder requirements, the need for open building maintenance, the need for use of stochastic process modelling to support open building manufacturing services, and the need for training and education to close the skills gap which is an impediment to the understanding and use of open building manufacturing. · Solutions and Applications: This theme presents different initiatives in the form of solutions and applications of open building manufacturing concepts. The chapters present the operationalisation of open building manufacturing in large infrastructure projects, how project culture influences performance, use of the Lego™ analogy for product and service engineering, configuration and optimisation, reducing waste through prefabrication and user• oriented interactive building design. Concepts Industrial
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