Modular Construction: Sustainable Delivery System for High-Rise Buildings

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SUSTAINABLE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS
A Research Paper on Modular Construction By
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER 4...................................................................................................................................................3
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION..........................................................................................................................3
Introduction.............................................................................................................................................3
RESULTS...................................................................................................................................................3
T30 Hotel – China (prefab).......................................................................................................................4
Paragon – Bretford, London....................................................................................................................5
The 32 storeys - New York (prefab).........................................................................................................7
DISCUSSION.............................................................................................................................................8
Evaluation of T30 Hotel – China...............................................................................................................9
Evaluation of The 32 storeys - New York (prefab).................................................................................11
Evaluation of Paragon – Bretford...........................................................................................................13
SUMMARY.............................................................................................................................................16
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................................17

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CHAPTER 4
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Introduction
Prefabrication has been considered broadly as a method of sustainable construction
regarding its effects on the protection of the environment. One significant feature of this
perception is the effect of prefabrication on the subsequent waste handling activities and
construction waste reduction, including waste disposal, recycle, sorting, and reuse. The
installation of the modular structures is known to be eco-friendly, safe, and cost-efficient. The
analysis of the development of modular building construction in China (T30 Hotel), New York
(32) Storeys, and London (Paragon) prove that these countries have great familiarity in the
establishment of the modules of 3D reinforced concrete (Furuto, 2012).
This section reviews the outcome of the trends in modern high-rise construction by
evaluating image, economic, technological, engineering, and architectural factors that have been
noted during the construction or after the construction process of these modular structures in
China (T30 Hotel), New York (32) Storeys, and London (Paragon). The major impacts of
modern high-rise constructions are also identified as well as the economic issues resulting from
the construction of these high-rise structures especially on the residential function (Generalov,
2015).
RESULTS
Structures of prefabricated steel have certain noticeable benefits such as the
environmental protection, industrial production, and rapid construction. It has been noted that the
prefabricated structures are more appropriate for low-rise structures and their application in the
high-rise structures are very rear despite these modular structures having been applied in
numerous states globally. The section reviews the results based on the case studies of China (T30

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Hotel), New York (32) Storeys, and London (Paragon) T30 by majorly focusing on a particular
building method and have considerable amount of information regarding waste factor of these
prefabricated modular high-rise steel frame building with diagonal braces which is new category
of steel building prefabricated (Generalova, 2013).
T30 Hotel – China (prefab)
The T30 Hotel modular structure in China was implemented by the Chinese construction
industry so as to save the country from the dilemma of poor efficiency, high energy
consumption, and high pollution. The modules are made from numerous 2D panels starting from
the floor cassette to which the ceiling panels and four-panel walls are attached. The structural
components were manufactured in factories so as to minimize the welding processes and
installation process carried out on the site (Crawford, 2012). The T30 Hotel structure constructed
by the BROAD Group is a prefabricated assembled steel building which was erected by
manufacturing the windows, doors, cassettes, roofs, and walls in the factories and then sent to the
construction site to be assembled (Zhigulina, 2014).
Some of the advantages attained by this modular construction in China include
sustainability, good quality, affordable, efficient manufacturing, fast construction, and low-
carbon energy (Fetters, 2012). The prefabrication of T30 Hotel was considered as the major
strategy of effective wat of minimization of the construction waste. This is because of lower
dependence on the conventional technologies of construction such as plastering, tiling,
reinforcement, timber form-work, bamboo scaffolding, and cast-in-place concrete (Zhdanova,
2015). The figure below shows the material flow of the T30 Hotel: