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IJSREM65955
Volume:
10 |
7 |
Jul 2026
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1-2
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Monthly (12 issues per year)
License:International Journal of Scientific Research in Engineering and Management follows the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) License, allowing free use and distribution with proper attribution.
Department of Civil Engineering
Shree Venkateshwara University
Department of Civil Engineering
Shree Venkateshwara University
The construction industry is increasingly adopting prefabrication and modular construction to overcome the delays, waste, and safety concerns of conventional building methods. This paper reviews the principles, technology, and comparative performance of prefab/modular construction against conventional construction in terms of cost, time, quality, safety, and sustainability. Two field case studies from the Mumbai–Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail corridor — a prefabricated labour colony for 720 workmen and a precast RCC boundary wall for a Sub-Sectioning and Paralleling Post (SSP) — are analysed. Results show construction time reduced from 5–6 months to 45–60 days for the colony, and installation rate improved from 8–15 m/day to 40–60 m/day for the boundary wall. The role of BIM and industrialized building systems is discussed along with key challenges — transportation, standardization, high initial cost, and skilled labour shortage — and recommendations for wider adoption in India.
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Prefab and modular construction deliver faster completion, better factory-controlled quality, and reduced environmental impact, making them highly suitable for mass housing and infrastructure projects, as validated by both field case studies; high initial cost remains the main adoption barrier. Wider adoption in India would benefit from government policy support, standardization of modular systems and connection details, skilled-workforce training, increased BIM adoption, and further research on transportation logistics and joint systems — with future potential in AI-integrated planning, smart modular buildings, robotic manufacturing, and sustainable prefab materials.
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7/9/2026
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Double-Blind Peer Review
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