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Faridi, A S and El-Sayegh, S M (2006) Significant factors causing delay in the UAE construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1167-76.

Li, X, Ogier, J and Cullen, J (2006) An economic modelling approach for public sector construction workload planning. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1137-47.

Low, S P and Hongbin, J (2006) Analysing ownership, locational and internalization advantages of Chinese construction MNCs using rough sets analysis. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1149-65.

Polat, G, Arditi, D, Ballard, G and Mungen, U (2006) Economics of on-site vs. off-site fabrication of rebar. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1185-98.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Lean construction; cut and bent rebar; on‐site fabrication; off‐site fabrication; simulation model
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446190500529432
  • Abstract:

    Many contractors prefer on-site fabrication of rebar while others find that off-site fabrication is more advantageous. The economics of on-site and off-site fabrication of rebar need to be compared on the basis of several factors that include the project environment, wages, labour considerations, the initial investment for equipment, waste of rebar, the cost of inventory, cycle time, and supply chain management. This study presents an economic comparison of the on-site and off-site fabrication practices of rebar by means of a simulation model that makes use of the factors mentioned earlier. The model is populated with actual data obtained from a trade centre project in Istanbul, Turkey. The article indicates that the off-site fabrication practice would have been more costly than the on-site practice in the project in Istanbul, a finding that was to be expected in circumstances that prevail in most developing countries.

Shiers, D, Rapson, D, Roberts, C and Keeping, M (2006) Sustainable construction: the development and evaluation of an environmental profiling system for construction products. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1177-84.

Song, Y, Liu, C and Langston, C (2006) Extending construction linkage measures by the consideration of the impact of capital. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1207-16.

Tam, C M, Tong, T K L and Chan, K K (2006) Rough set theory for distilling construction safety measures. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1199-206.

Tam, V W Y, Tam, C M, Yiu, K T W and Cheung, S O (2006) Critical factors for environmental performance assessment (EPA) in the Hong Kong construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1113-23.

Wiguna, I P A and Scott, S (2006) Relating risk to project performance in Indonesian building contracts. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1125-35.