TY  - CONF
TI  - What Should You Really Measure if You Want to Compare Prefabrication With Traditional Construction?
AU  - Pasquire, Christine
AU  - Gibb, Alistair
AU  - Blismas, Nick
AD  - Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil & Building Engineering; Loughborough University, UK c.l.pasquire@lboro.ac.uk
AD  - Professor of Construction Management, Department of Civil & Building Engineering, Loughborough University UK a.g.gibb@lboro.ac.uk
AD  - Research Fellow; School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University, Australia nick.blismas@rmit.edu.au
PY  - 2005
DA  - 2005/07/19
T2  - 13th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 13th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Sydney, Australia
SP  - 481
EP  - 491
AB  - This paper presents the final part of the IMMPREST4 toolkit, describing in detail the measurement of risks and benefits of using prefabrication within a construction project. Based on extensive research in the UK and against a background of rising interest in prefabrication as a construction solution, this paper reinforces the need to make informed decisions which have auditable processes if the complexities of comparison are to be fully understood. The model field trials raise many questions about existing cost focussed approaches revealing barriers to innovation of any sort including the integration of Lean Thinking into construction. This paper builds on the work presented in three previous IGLC conferences.
KW  - Prefabrication
KW  - Preassembly
KW  - Measurement
KW  - Benefits
KW  - Risk
KW  - IMMPREST
KW  - Cost
KW  - Procurement
KW  - Innovation.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/395/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/395
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -