Impacts of Prefabrication in the Building Construction Industry

• DOI: 10.3390/encyclopedia3010003
• Publication Date: 2023-01-02T09:56:27Z
• Authors: Patrícia Fernande...; Nuno Oliveira Fer...; Fernando Pimenta; Nelson Bento Pereira
• Keywords: Prefabrication

Interest in sustainable construction has been increasing due to recent events. The limitations of natural resources and the scale global impacts, specifically as a result effects climate change, have consequences for sector. These changes are giving rise need reassess way we face built environment rethink new solutions systems or methods that contribute mitigating negative consequences, among which highlight prefabrication method. This scenario, characterised by meet decarbonisation goals set 2050, well spread pandemic crisis, emphasizes importance understanding impacts may occur industry, essentially understood increases sustainability, productivity, quality and, consequently, reductions deadlines, costs, dependence on labour. Therefore, this entry seeks study existing literature prefabrication, seeking gather relevant information advances, challenges, opportunities method whose approach mostly focused partial specific aspects case studies, both highlighting potential identifying gaps context. brings benefits compared conventional method, be an alternative, it more positive environment, economy, society, consequently development construction, despite some reported should looked into future.