de Soto, BG;
Agustí-Juan, I;
Hunhevicz, J;
Joss, S;
Graser, K;
Habert, G;
Adey, BT;
(2018)
Productivity of digital fabrication in construction: Cost and time analysis of a robotically built wall.
Automation in Construction
, 92
pp. 297-311.
10.1016/j.autcon.2018.04.004.
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Abstract
Although automation has been actively and successfully used in different industries since the 1970s, its application to the construction industry is still rare or not fully exploited. In order to help provide the construction industry with an additional incentive to adopt more automation, an investigation was undertaken to assess the effects of digital fabrication (dfab) on productivity by analyzing the cost and time required for the construction of a robotically-fabricated complex concrete wall onsite. After defining the different tasks for the conventional and robotically fabricated concrete wall, data was collected from different sources and used in a simulation to describe the distribution of time and cost for the different construction scenarios. In the example, it was found that productivity is higher when the robotic construction method is used for complex walls, indicating that it is possible to obtain significant economic benefit from the use of additive dfab to construct complex structures. Further research is required to assess the social impacts of using dfab.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Productivity of digital fabrication in construction: Cost and time analysis of a robotically built wall |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.autcon.2018.04.004 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autcon.2018.04.004 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | 3D printing, Additive manufacturing, Construction automation, Construction industry, Digital fabrication, Industrialized construction, Labor productivity, Robot system, Robotic construction |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10062200 |
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