Design for manufacture and assembly in construction: a review
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Frequently Asked Questions (11)
Q2. What is the role of DfMA in building design?
In the modern-day construction industry, with the rise of prefabrication and BIM, building designers should be working closely with engineers and fabricators, in a multidisciplinary team, to develop DfMA guides and evaluation metrics and digitally incorporated them into 3D model so that such useful information can assist building designers evaluating alternative designs.
Q3. How many minutes of assembly time did Chen and Lu (2018) save?
In addition, Chen and Lu (2018) reported the DfMA-oriented curtain wall (CW) design was able to save more than seven minutes in assembly time for one CW unit with better workmanship.
Q4. What is the advantage of computer support?
The advantage of computer support is that it aids the DfMA evaluation procedure by prompting the user, providing help screens in context and by conveniently documenting the analysis (Leaney, 1996).
Q5. What is the importance of programs and design software?
Kremer (2018) noted programs and design software is an important platform required to deliver a DfMA value proposition that allow for assessment, design and adjudication of parts and elements that constitute the individual units.
Q6. How many articles were published in the last two years?
It is worth mentioning that 9 out of 26 articles (34.6%) were published in the last two years (2018–2019), indicating that DfMA only recently become a popular topic.
Q7. What is the definition of a typical building project?
In Luiten and Fischer’s (1998) words, typical building project with a sequential or linear product development process where communication is only possible one way from designers to builders.
Q8. What was the first recommendation for DfMA?
It was first recommended as a key recommendation during the International Panel of Experts (IPE) for Construction Productivity and Prefabrication Technology in 2014, where the panel called for fundamental changes and stronger measures in the 2nd construction productivity roadmap to achieve its target of 20–30% productivity improvement.
Q9. What is the role of easy assembly in the decision-making process?
Rashidi, Samali, Ronagh, and Mortazavi (2018) noted the level of easy assembly can be a decision-making factor to determine the level of prefabrication.
Q10. What is the importance of integrating knowledge into the design process?
But more importantly, the client organization and the architect need to accept that contractor and/or subcontractors can bring added value to their design process.
Q11. What are the main components of the DfMA-oriented design process?
Yuan et al.’s (2018) work mentioned manufacturing simulation, transportation simulation, and assembly simulation are added into the DfMA-oriented design process.