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SUMMARY:Modular Construction of Residential Buildings
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Mark Lawson\, University of Surrey\, UK\nDuring the last
  10 years there has been great interest in the use of "off-site" manufactu
 ring technologies in construction. One of these "off-site" methods is modu
 lar or 3-dimensional construction which has found markets in residential b
 uildings hotels  medical and educational buildings. In the UK it is estima
 ted that 8000 modules are produced per year for use in permanent buildings
  (and many more in temporary buildings) and there are 5 main manufacturers
 . In Japan  up to 100 000 modules were manufactured for use in housing.\n\
 nThere are two generic forms of modular construction in steel - one in whi
 ch the modules are manufactured with light steel walls and floors that res
 ist vertical and horizontal loads  and one in which corner posts and edge 
 beams of the modules provide the primary structure. In the first case the 
 walls of the modules form the enclosed space and in the second case open-s
 ided modules can be manufactured for use in schools  hospitals etc. Module
 s can also be built in precast concrete and in wood for some applications.
 \n\nThe economic and sustainability argument for modular construction will
  be presented which is based on more efficient use of materials less waste
  higher quality and a faster and less disruptive construction process. Nev
 ertheless the investment in an advanced manufacturing process can be relat
 ively high which has to be balanced by achieving an economy of scale in ma
 nufacture. The overall costs of modular construction will be reviewed. Low
  energy design and use of renewable energy technologies will also be revie
 wed in the context of modular construction.\n\nBio: Mark is a graduate of 
 Imperial College London and prepared his Doctorate thesis under Professor 
 Eric Bryan at the University of Salford on the "Stressed Skin Design of St
 eel Folded Plate Roofs". He worked for Ove Arup and partners where he beca
 me a chartered civil and structural engineer in the UK and also a member o
 f the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1981 he was an assistant at 
 ICOM for 6 months and worked with Michel Crisinel on composite decking in 
 composite construction. In 1987 he joined the Steel Construction Institute
  (SCI) in Ascot south west of London and has prepared over 30 SCI publicat
 ions including many on light steel and modular construction. In 2004 he be
 came Professor of Construction Systems at the University of Surrey  which 
 is a part-time role and he also is a technical consultant to SCI. 
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