Construction and the Circular Economy: Smart and Industrialised Prefabrication

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Elmualim, Abbas
Mostafa, Sherif
Chileshe, Nicholas
Rameezdeen, Raufdeen
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Robert Crocker, Christopher Saint, Guanyi Chen, Yindong Tong

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2018
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This chapter discusses the profound and influential impact the construction industry has on the national economy, together with the huge negative effect it has on the environment. It argues that by adopting smart and industrialised prefabrication (SAIP), the Australian construction industry, and the construction industry globally, is well positioned to leverage the circular economy to advance future industries with less impact on our natural environment. It discusses aspects of the application of digital technologies, specifically building information modelling, virtualisation, augmented and virtual reality and 3D printing, coupled with reverse logistics as a proponent for advancing the circular economy through smart, digitally enabled, industrialised prefabrication. It further postulates a framework for SAIP for the circular economy.

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Unmaking Waste in Production: Towards the Circular Economy

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Building information modelling and management

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