IGLC 7 · Berkeley, California, USA · 1999
High-Turnaround and Flexibility in Design and Construction of Mass Housing
- Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822. 808/956-3933, fax: 808/956-5014, singh@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu
- Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
- Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822.
Abstract
There is a tremendous housing shortage in the world that can only be overcome by innovative designs and enlightened production management. This paper presents a method for fast erection of apartment housing units that have architectural flexibility, manufacturing flexibility, and erection flexibility. The paper describes innovative jointing methods for large panel erection and presents characteristics of an appropriate structural system to correspond to the mechanical jointing and quick erection needs. Erection speeds using this method are about ten times as fast as conventional methods. Details of erection requirements and equipment are given.
Keywords
- Flexibility
- architecture
- production
- joint
- precast
- industrial housing
- mass housing
- prefabrication
- structure
- throughput
- erection
- manufacture
- FMS
- construction.
Cite this paper
APA 7th edition
Singh, A., Barnes, R., & Yousefpour, A. (1999). High-Turnaround and Flexibility in Design and Construction of Mass Housing. In 7th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (pp. 181–194).
Shortened reference for IGLC papers
Singh, A., Barnes, R., & Yousefpour, A. (1999). High-Turnaround and Flexibility in Design and Construction of Mass Housing. IGLC7.