THE STATUS OF MODULAR BUILDING SYSTEM IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: THE CASE IN ADDIS ABABA
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2019-06
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EiABC
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The leadingtype of housing construction system in Ethiopia, which is conventional system,couldn’t becompatible with increasing rate of housing demand. This has created a negative impact onhousing and building construction industry, such as long-time that takes for construction, material wastage and rising cost.Previous studies conducted on housing and related problems indicates that,modular building systems could enhance problems within building construction industry.
The studydealt with an investigation on thecurrent status of utilization and challenges of adapting modular building systems in building constructions industries of Addis Ababa. For that,investigations in 96 sampled construction project sites located in Addis Ababa have been looked in to.However, to conduct the study,interviews, questionnaires,observations and secondary data sources from literature and online publications were used.
The research result shows that, 61% surveyed building construction projectsrunning at the current time utilizes at least one modular component for construction. Althoughtheapplication of those componentswasin a very few amounts relatively, about 83% of them utilizes less than 10% of construction materials with modular components in each individualbuilding project.Also, the research discoveredunavailability of trained workforce,lack of design and engineering,limited number of providers,lack of designer’s commitment, limited information and understanding, lack of local technological advancement and un-trust on quality and safety of componentswere the challenges forand utilization of modular building systems.Finally, based on findings conclusions were made and recommendations were drawn.Inaddition design proposal was made for implementation of modular construction.
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A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa Universityin PartialFulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in ArchitecturalEngineering
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Housing construction, housing demand, Construction, Environmental Benefitof Modular Construction