Defect occurrence and management in prefabricated commercial construction in Australia Stutchbury Parrotte, Callum, Li, Hong Xian and Tivendale, Linda 2020, Defect occurrence and management in prefabricated commercial construction in Australia, in Proceedings of the 2020 Construction Research Congress, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Reston, Va., pp. 871-880, doi: 10.1061/9780784482889.092. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Defect occurrence and management in prefabricated commercial construction in Australia Author(s) Stutchbury Parrotte, Callum Li, Hong Xian orcid.org/0000-0002-5027-2915 Tivendale, Linda orcid.org/0000-0002-9250-5393 Conference name Construction Research. Congress (2020 : Tempe, Arizona) Conference location Tempe, Arizona Conference dates 08 - 10 Mar. 2020 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the 2020 Construction Research Congress Editor(s) Tang, Pingbo Grau, David El Asmar, Mounir Publication date 2020 Start page 871 End page 880 Total pages 10 Publisher American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Place of publication Reston, Va. Summary The uptake of prefabrication within the commercial construction sector has significantly increased over previous decades, given the proven benefits including provisions for lower construction costs, reduced project durations, and materials wastage, fewer defects, and improved profitability. However, it is found that defects caused by prefabrication cost significantly more to resolve compared with conventional construction, resulting in substantial impacts on project performance. Furthermore, defect management systems specific to prefabricated construction are found absent, especially within the commercial sector in Australia. This research studies the defect occurrence, identifies the causes of these defects, and proposes defect management for building prefabrication. A mixed research method of combined qualitative and quantitative approaches, i.e., literature review and an online survey, is employed in this research, based on which a depiction outlining common defects and stages of occurrence is presented, and a defect management process is proposed at an empirical level. It is found that most defects occur in manufacturing plant, and aesthetic defect is the most common type. The results also show that most defects can be linked to workmanship issues during fabrication. Subsequently, the management process of engaging an independent consultant employed by the government to undertake specialised inspections during design, manufacture, and installation has been proposed as an effective solution to reduce defect occurrence into the future, for which specific legislation for prefabrication is required. ISBN 978-0-7844-8286-5 Language eng DOI 10.1061/9780784482889.092 Indigenous content off HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2020, ASCE Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30145573 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Architecture and Built Environment Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sat, 21 Nov 2020, 17:32:55 EST Sat, 21 Nov 2020, 17:33:35 EST Sun, 22 Nov 2020, 04:00:56 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2020, 07:05:09 EST Mon, 23 Nov 2020, 11:16:10 EST Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 05:08:39 EST Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 09:51:42 EST Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 09:55:16 EST Tue, 24 Nov 2020, 15:00:41 EST Sat, 12 Dec 2020, 01:42:55 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 43 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 23 Nov 2020, 11:16:10 EST

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