Modernisation, Mechanisation and Industrialisation of Concrete Structures

Precast concrete can provide high–quality, durable and reproducible construction components in a safe and economical manner. Developments in concrete technology and building information modelling, as well as the application of best practice in design and manufacturing techniques are all driving significant gains in the efficiency of precast concrete production, providing components with exceptional utility in the construction process.

Modernisation, Mechanisation and Industrialisation of Concrete Structures highlights the use of automation and industrialisation in the design and manufacture of precast concrete components, showing how:

design and manufacturing techniques can be best exploited for the construction of modern precast concrete buildings and structures an industrialised building system ethos can control the supply chain from client to sub–contractor, and can best utilise building information modelling methods and design/detailing software concepts of automation and robotics can be applied to concrete production industrialisation of off–site production and on–site processes can be exploited in construction projects

Technologies discussed include the design, development and automated manufacture of façade panels, insulated panels, twin walls, hollow core slabs, Omnia type floors with welded girders and reinforcement cages. Automated finishing, polishing and etching are also covered. Written for structural, mechanical and services consultants, precast producers and prefabrication designers, it will also be of interest to academics and post graduate students in civil engineering, mechanical engineering, building technology, sustainability and production engineering.

About the Editors

Notes on Contributors

Foreword

Part 1 Modernisation of Precast Concrete Structures

Chapter 1. Historical and Chronological Development of Precast Concrete Structures
Dr Kim Elliott, UK

Chapter 2. Industrial Building Systems (IBS) Project Implementation
Dr Kim Elliott, UK

Chapter 3. Best Practice and Lessons Learned in IBS Design, Detailing and Construction
Dr Kim Elliott, UK

Chapter 4. Research and Development in Systems, Components and Connections
Dr Kim Elliott and Dr Zuhairi Abd Hamid, UK and Malaysia

Part 2 Mechanisation and Automation of the Production of Concrete Elements

Chapter 5. Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Software for the Design and Detailing of Precast Structures
Thomas Leopoldseder and Susanne Schachinger, Austria

Chapter 6. Mechanisation and Automation in Concrete Production
Robert Neubauer, Austria

Part 3 Industrialisation of Concrete Structures

Chapter 7. Lean Construction Industrialisation of On–site Production Processes

Part 1. Construction Production Process Planning
Prof. Gerhard Girmscheid, Switzerland

Chapter 8. Lean Construction Industrialisation of On–site Production Processes

Part 2. Planning and Execution of Construction Processes
Prof. Gerhard Girmscheid, Switzerland

Chapter 9. New Cooperative Business Model Industrialisation of Off–site Production. An Interdisciplinary Cooperation Network for the Optimization of Sustainable Life Cycle Buildings
Dr Julia Selberherr, Switzerland

Chapter 10. Retrospective View and Future Initiatives in Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) and Modernisation, Mechanisation and Industrialisation (MMI)
Dr Zuhairi Abd Hamid, Foo Chee Hung and Ahmad Hazim Abdul Rahim, Malaysia

Chapter 11. Affordable and Quality Housing Through Mechanization, Modernization and Mass Customisation
Dr Zuhairi Abd Hamid, Foo Chee Hung and Gan Hock Beng, Malaysia

Index

Kim S. Elliott is a consultant to the precast industry in the UK and Malaysia. He was Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil Engineering at Nottingham University from 1987–2010, and was formerly at Trent Concrete Structures Ltd., one of the UK′s leading precast concrete manufacturers. An active researcher into the behaviour of precast concrete structures, he has published extensively on the subject. He is a member of FIB Commission on Prefabrication.

Zuhairi Abd. Hamid is Executive Director of the Construction Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM). With more than 32 years of experience in the construction industry, his research interests and expertise falls within the area of Strategic Management of IT in Construction, Strategic Facilities Management in the Health Sector, Structural dynamics (wind engineering and earthquake engineering), prefabricated building construction and the Open Building System.