• Special Issue Editors

• Special Issue Information

• Keywords

• Published Papers

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section Building Structures.

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2023 | Viewed by 630

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Guojun Cai E-Mail Website

Guest Editor

School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, China

Interests: geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering

Prof. Dr. Dong Chen E-Mail Website

Guest Editor

School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, China

Interests: prefabrication structure; BIM; deep learning

Dr. Kai Li E-Mail Website

Guest Editor

School of Civil Engineering, Anhui Jianzhu University, Hefei, China

Interests: prefabrication; BIM; sustainable construction

Dr. Bo Hu E-Mail Website

Guest Editor

      School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

      Interests: prefabrication structures; seismic behavior of engineering structures; structural health monitoring

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

    Prefabrication is a construction technology that includes fabricating building components in off-site factories before assembling them on-site. The widely propagated benefits of promoting prefabrication include reducing cost, time, defects, health and safety risks, and consequently improving quality, predictability, whole-life performance and profitability. It offers high-quality standard building components produced under controlled working conditions, efficient productivity to achieve a shorter construction period, and decreased waste and other adverse environmental impacts. As an advanced construction technology, prefabrication has been identified as an efficient solution to achieve sustainble and intelligent construction around the world.

     This Special Issue aims to provide a platform for the discussion of the major research challenges and achievements on the development of novel technologies for prefabricated construction in terms of materials, structures, construction and mangement. Authors are invited to present original research and review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts in this field. We hope that this Special Issue proposes the techniques, directions, strategies, and solutions to promote prefabricated buildings towards sustainable and intelligent construction.

Prof. Dr. Guojun Cai

Prof. Dr. Dong Chen

Dr. Kai Li

Dr. Bo Hu

Guest Editors

Baoquan Cheng, PhD Researcher

Guest Editor Assistant

Affiliation: 1. School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China;

2. Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

E-mail: Curtis_ch@csu.edu.cn

Manuscript Submission Information

      Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

    Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

     Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1800 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

• materials for prefabrication

• BIM for prefabrication

• prefabricated structural systems

• cost and benefit analysis for prefabrication

• life cycle assessment for prefabrication

• construction technologies for prefabrication

• government policies for promoting prefabrication

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.