Barriers of Modular Construction in Australia

RESEARCH DISSERTATION ( BARRIERS OF MODULAR
CONSTRUCTION IN AUSTRALIA”)
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Research Questions

 To identify the main characteristics of the Australian industry of the construction.
 To identify modular construction potential as a practice of innovation in the construction
industry of Australia.
 To properly synthesize the related literature to the diffusion of innovation in the context
of organizations within Australia utilizing modular construction.
Research Methodology
Research Design
In Australia, as a percentage of overall market place of the construction, permanent modular
construction has basically lagged the rest parts of this universe (Sutrisna et al 2019). This is
despite the fact it has been identified as promising innovation in constructions that has the
potential to effectively solve some o the significant challenges facing the industry of construction
in Australia. Majority of the studies which are related to modular construction have been
technical in nature besides focusing on the issues of the engineering and design (Lacey et al
2018). The research work on this particular study considers factors beyond limitation on the
same. In this particular chapter, there is provision of the design of the research as well as
methodology. The selection of the participants of the survey, the approach of the study, the
development of the questions of the survey and finally the used methods in the analysis of data
from survey has been detailed as shown (Smith and Rice 2017).
Research Design General Approach
Qualitative method

First, there was literature review which was carried out and analysis of the secondary data done.
This involved identification seven theoretical barriers which were non-technical in their nature to
the adoption of modular construction in broader perspective (Hammad and Akbarnezhad 2017).
Quantitative methods
Secondly there was use of survey strategy to assist in the collection of the primary data which
were later used in the validation of the theoretical proposition that the identified seven potential
issues were actually barriers and the validity of the factors tested in the context of Australian
engineering, architectural and construction industry (Navaratnam et al 2019). There has been
recognition for a long time that every scientific inquiry method has had limitations. This is the
reason why choosing of the methods for doing such studies involves tradeoffs. A research
strategy for survey was chosen for this particular study while considering the following reasons:
 Surveys are generally known to be cost effective as far as collection of the information is
concerned.
 Surveys are dependable
 They are flexible
 Also they are extensive (Salama, Salah, and Moselhi 2017)
The cost –effectiveness as well s flexibility of the survey allowed the interviews for this
particular paper to carried out either by phone or in person with several respondents across the
entire geographical area at relatively cheaper cost. Through the processes of the survey, detailed
as well as extensive answers were sought from the specialized (Woo 2017). Also the questions
which have been perceived to be relatively complexes were explored. In addition, it allowed for
the conclusions to be drawn from more accurate samples collected from the region. Finally the