Improving Construction Industrialization Practices from a Socio-Technical System Perspective: A Hong Kong Case.

ABSTRACT: Construction Industrialization (CI) tends to improve industrial performance and contributes substantially towards global sustainability. Considering these merits, many countries and regions, including Hong Kong, have released policies to promote CI uptake. However, those policy interventions ignore the dynamic influence of stakeholders and technologies, which significantly influence the efficient management of CI. In response, this study aimed to objectively depict a real socio-technical system of CI uptake based on a representative case study in Hong Kong. Further, this study identified the critical issues associated with the CI uptake and proposed policy-related recommendations to overcome the key issues. In addition, this study proposed a novel approach based on two-mode social network

SUBMITTER: Jin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8431180 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature