1. Off-Site Construction
____________________________________________ Chris Goodier PhD MCIOB FICT FHEA School of Civil and Building Engineering Loughborough University
19th Jan 2017

2. Offsite construction Scene setting The need Types of offsite
Offsite vs traditional?
How to decide

3. The need
Opportunity – lots of civil engineering needs

4. The need New Civil Engineer, 30/09/15
We shouldn’t worry that we don’t need people
More a case of, How will we deliver?
New Civil Engineer, 30/09/15

5. The need
We also have targets to meet
Construction 2025

6. But we do need to start doing some things differently, which is INNOVATION
NCE Feb 2016, cover

8. So…… We have lots of infrastructure in the pipeline
We have less people to deliver it
We have numerous targets to meet:
costs, delivery, emissions, exports etc
We need to deliver things differently
Offsite can help……

9. But before we get excited……

10. How long is innovation innovative?
Gartner Hype Cycle
Hype
Peak of inflated expectations
Plateau of productivity
(ie acceptance of technology)
Slope of enlightenment
Trough of disillusionment
1999
Technology trigger
Maturity / Time
How long is innovation innovative?
After Gartner, USA

11. NCE Feb 2016 ….. Gartner hype cycle
a branded graphical presentation developed and used by US research and advisory firm Gartner for representing the maturity, adoption and social application of specific technologies through five phases from concept to practical application.
Advanced Infrastructure Manufacturing and Operation (AIMOC)
UKCRIC 1st March 2016

12. AR v VR

13. What is Offsite? Manufacture and assembly before installation
Level 0 – Materials
Level 1 - Component Sub-assembly
Level 2 - Non-volumetric pre-assembly
Level 3 – Volumetric pre-assembly
Level 4 – Modular Building
Different levels
Pre-assembly is not new - accepted practice for structural frames, cladding panels and ductwork.
Volumetric units create usable space, are finished internally and are installed within and onto an independent structural frame, e.g. toilet pods?, plant rooms, lift shafts.
Modular building - volumetric units where each unit forms the structures fabric of the building, e.g. hotels, prison blocks, McDonalds.

14. Second Severn Crossing 1996

15. Level 2 - Pre-assembled services module for Brindley Place, Birmingham
Courtesy Crown House Engineering

16. Level 3
Packaged Plantrooms
Courtesy Haden

17. Level 4 – Modular Building McDonalds
Courtesy Yorkon

18. But do we take full advantage?
We usually…… design as ‘stick-build’ traditional
Then decide to ‘go offsite’

19. Or, we… DO decide early to ‘go offsite’ Then… forget about it…..
Sometimes for well thought-out, logical reasons
Sometimes not
Then… forget about it…..
thinking that offsite, by definition, will solve all of our problems…..

20. Offsite or onsite or both?
Arup Global Research Challenge
Innovative approaches to the modular construction of commercial buildings in transportation hubs

21. Arup – Future of Rail AIM  (what): develop a global strategic vision and local business models
-virtual shopping mall
-modules as cargo
-tagging
that will aid the improvement of the adaptability of platform-side commercial provision in transportation hubs.

22. But….. how much offsite? % offsite = Total Hours moved offsite .
Total construction Hours (Stick Built)
Volume?
Weight?
In Malaysia, 70% has to be IBS……
Does it matter?

23. offsite.lboro.ac.uk 2014 1999 Started career as Engineer & Manager
Nuclear & Large commercial
Jumped ship to academia early ‘90s
Had to do research – what in?
Prefabrication / modularisation
Various research projects
Wrote a book 20 years ago
Included engineering construction – oil & gas, petro-chem
Singapore Aromatics Plant
What has changed? – Not much?
offsite.lboro.ac.uk

24. Loughborough Offsite Projects
Team
Loughborough Offsite Projects
CIRIA S&P/Offsite
Buildoffsite
IMMPREST
HASPREST
Whittles Offsite
CRISP
NHS Estates
CIMclad
Cladd:ISS
Offsite Skills
Offsite Sustainability
Concrete Printing
Adaptable Futures
Offsite Infrastructure

25. 1999

26. offsite.lboro.ac.uk

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28. Offsite construction Scene setting Types of offsite
The need
Types of offsite
Offsite vs traditional?
How to decide
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