The development of an offsite construction adoption strategic guideline for the Iraqi construction industry
type: CreativeWork
description: Offsite construction (OSC) has been recognised as one of the alternative technological solutions to address the housing shortage and historical problems associated with the construction industry’s performance, such as labour shortages, time and cost overruns. Most developed countries have already adopted offsite construction and are benefitting from its advantages; however, the slow adoption of such technologies is evident in some developing countries. Iraq is one such developing country, despite the vital and urgent need to rehabilitate the country after the disasters of the last decade.This research aims to develop a strategic guideline to help increase the knowledge and use of OSC in the Iraqi construction industry by investigating the drivers and barriers affecting the adoption of OSC in Iraq. Therefore, in order to develop an appropriate and effective strategic guideline to support the adoption of OSC in Iraq, the researcher adopted a mixed-method approach, combining both quantitative and qualitative data. Questionnaires were developed and distributed to two different groups - construction companies (CC) and Universities’ Scientific Engineering Consulting Bureaux (USECB). The CC group reflects the practical facet of projects, while the USECB group reflects the theoretical side related to design with the use of modern technologies. Data from the questionnaire were further analysed using the Chi-Square for Independence test to determine whether there is a relationship between factors affecting the use of OSC in Iraq. Furthermore, a correlation test was conducted to identify the strength of these relationships, whilst the Kruskal-Wallis test was applied to identify differences between construction companies and USECB regarding the factors affecting the use of OSC in Iraq. To collect qualitative data, semi-structured interviews were conducted amongst 14 expert participants in the construction industry in Iraq. The collected qualitative data were analysed using a th…
abstract: Offsite construction (OSC) has been recognised as one of the alternative technological solutions to address the housing shortage and historical problems associated with the construction industry’s performance, such as labour shortages, time and cost overruns. Most developed countries have already adopted offsite construction and are benefitting from its advantages; however, the slow adoption of such technologies is evident in some developing countries. Iraq is one such developing country, despite the vital and urgent need to rehabilitate the country after the disasters of the last decade.This research aims to develop a strategic guideline to help increase the knowledge and use of OSC in the Iraqi construction industry by investigating the drivers and barriers affecting the adoption of OSC in Iraq. Therefore, in order to develop an appropriate and effective strategic guideline to support the adoption of OSC in Iraq, the researcher adopted a mixed-method approach, combining both quantitative and qualitative data. Questionnaires were developed and distributed to two different groups - construction companies (CC) and Universities’ Scientific Engineering Consulting Bureaux (USECB). The CC group reflects the practical facet of projects, while the USECB group reflects the theoretical side related to design with the use of modern technologies. Data from the questionnaire were further analysed using the Chi-Square for Independence test to determine whether there is a relationship between factors affecting the use of OSC in Iraq. Furthermore, a correlation test was conducted to identify the strength of these relationships, whilst the Kruskal-Wallis test was applied to identify differences between construction companies and USECB regarding the factors affecting the use of OSC in Iraq. To collect qualitative data, semi-structured interviews were conducted amongst 14 expert participants in the construction industry in Iraq. The collected qualitative data were analysed using a th…
author: Saffar, N
language: en
date published: 2020
date modified: 2026-07-24T04:26:17Z
provider: U. of Salford
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: U. of Salford