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Article: Evaluating Modular Healthcare Facilities for COVID-19 Emergency Response—A Case of Hong Kong
Title | Evaluating Modular Healthcare Facilities for COVID-19 Emergency Response—A Case of Hong Kong |
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Keywords | COVID-19 emergency response healthcare facility modular building modular integrated construction |
Issue Date | 2022 |
Citation | Buildings, 2022, v. 12 n. 9, article no. 1430 How to Cite? |
Abstract | In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, modular construction has been adopted for rapidly delivering healthcare facilities, but few have systematically explored the impacts of the pandemic and the contributions of modular construction. This paper aims to evaluate modular construction for delivering healthcare facilities in response to COVID-19, through the exploration of the challenges, strategies, and performance of using modular construction for emergency healthcare building project delivery. The study was conducted using 12 real-life healthcare building projects in Hong Kong with both within- and cross-case analyses. The results of the within-case study reveal critical challenges such as tight program but limited resources available and the corresponding strategies such as implementation of smart technologies. The results of the cross-case analysis indicate 106% improved time efficiency and 203% enhanced cost efficiency of using modular construction compared with conventional practices. Based on the multi-case studies, the paper develops an innovative framework which illustrates the roles of stakeholders, goals, engineering challenges, and management principles of using modular construction. Practically, the paper should assist both policymakers and industry stakeholders in addressing the critical challenges of delivering healthcare facilities under COVID-19 in an efficient and collaborative manner. Theoretically, it should set an exemplar of linking the building construction industry with emergency management and healthcare service systems to facilitate efficient response to pandemics. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/320195 |
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dc.contributor.author | Pan, W | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, Z | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-21T07:48:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-21T07:48:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Buildings, 2022, v. 12 n. 9, article no. 1430 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/320195 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, modular construction has been adopted for rapidly delivering healthcare facilities, but few have systematically explored the impacts of the pandemic and the contributions of modular construction. This paper aims to evaluate modular construction for delivering healthcare facilities in response to COVID-19, through the exploration of the challenges, strategies, and performance of using modular construction for emergency healthcare building project delivery. The study was conducted using 12 real-life healthcare building projects in Hong Kong with both within- and cross-case analyses. The results of the within-case study reveal critical challenges such as tight program but limited resources available and the corresponding strategies such as implementation of smart technologies. The results of the cross-case analysis indicate 106% improved time efficiency and 203% enhanced cost efficiency of using modular construction compared with conventional practices. Based on the multi-case studies, the paper develops an innovative framework which illustrates the roles of stakeholders, goals, engineering challenges, and management principles of using modular construction. Practically, the paper should assist both policymakers and industry stakeholders in addressing the critical challenges of delivering healthcare facilities under COVID-19 in an efficient and collaborative manner. Theoretically, it should set an exemplar of linking the building construction industry with emergency management and healthcare service systems to facilitate efficient response to pandemics. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Buildings | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | - |
dc.subject | emergency response | - |
dc.subject | healthcare facility | - |
dc.subject | modular building | - |
dc.subject | modular integrated construction | - |
dc.title | Evaluating Modular Healthcare Facilities for COVID-19 Emergency Response—A Case of Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Pan, W: wpan@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Zhang, Z: zzq007@connect.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Pan, W=rp01621 | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/buildings12091430 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85138782387 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 340472 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 12 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 9 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | article no. 1430 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | article no. 1430 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000856308000001 | - |