DCS030: Your group is required to prepare and present a detailed report recommending a DfMA technology for a project as part of the tender requirement: Anatomy of Buildings, Group Assignment, BCA Academy, Singapore

Assignment Brief:

Your group is required to prepare and present a detailed report recommending a DfMA technology for a project as part of the tender requirement. The report should aim to achieve higher productivity by reducing construction time and manpower on-site. The report should include comprehensive analysis and recommendations based on the following criteria:

• Project information and Introduction
• Detailed description of the DfMA techniques that is adopted in this project;
• Special considerations of this adoption;
• Project timeline (program) and sequence of manufacturing and construction;
• Describe the advantages of the DfMA technique in terms of:
• Time – compare the conventional vs proposed methodology
• Quality – how quality is improved
• Environmental Impact and control measures taken
• Cost comparison between conventional construction and DfMA technique;
• Constraints & challenges that were encountered or anticipated. Do your research and describe the PPVC/MET process from the Architectural design (incorporating what you have learn from the ICPH Site Visit*), specialist PPVC/MET design, manufacturing, delivery to site and installation.
• What other tools that you will use to further improve the construction productivity.

Part A: Project Information & Task

Background:

1 Over the last 5 years, in response to BCA’s roadmap for construction productivity improvement, the industry has seen an upsurge of game-changing technologies and the adoption of innovative building methods. The shift towards the adoption of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) principles in projects are transforming the sector. DfMA focuses on off-site manufacturing and on-site assembly, which reduces construction time, improves quality, and decreases manpower requirements on-site. Two primary DfMA technologies being pushed in Singapore are Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC) and Mass Engineered Timber (MET).

2 Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC)

PPVC modules are manufactured off-site and come complete with internal wall/floor/ceiling finishes, fixtures and fittings, and transported to site for installation. PPVC has been mandated in selected Government Land Sales (GLS) sites since 1 November 2014, as part of the government’s initiative to push the use of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) in the private & public sector.

Adoption of PPVC has gone through several public and private projects with various successes.

Watch the following videos:

a) “Improving Construction Productivity for Public Housing” using PPVC techniques https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UljgaNQxi1s

b) “Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction of High-rise Building”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4ZPVkfmsbQ

c) “Valley Spring @Yishun – 1^st PPVC Module hoisting”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blAbdsfwbZE

3 Mass Engineered Timber (MET)

Mass Engineered Timber (MET) projects in Singapore represent a progressive shift in the construction industry towards sustainable and efficient building practices. Leveraging advanced timber products such as Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glued Laminated Timber (Glulam), these projects offer significant benefits in terms of environmental impact, construction speed, and structural performance.

1. “What is Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuAya0hRjwU

Part B: Submission Requirement

Form a group of 3~5 members. Group leader will choose a name of your group that reflect your personality, refer to Appendix A to indicate your group information as cover page of your submission.

• Submission in soft copy via BrightSpace (by the group leader) not later than 31 July 2024 (Wed) @11.00pm (Week 13). Please note that late submission without valid reason will be awarded with zero mark.
• The submission will be required as follows:
• Detailed report (in MS words) of not less than 2000 words
• Presentation slides (in MS PowerPoint or pdf) of not less than 15 slides
• The 15 minutes slides presentation will be conducted during class from 5-9 Aug 2024 (Week 14). Each group member must present a part of the slides and should know the content well in order to answer in the Q&A session.

Part C: Marking Scheme

1. Total mark is 100
2. Assessment criteria as follow:

3. Merit/ demerit marks will be awarded / deducted in the following scenario:

Part D: BCA Academy policy on PLAGIARISM

Academic integrity is expected of all students at BCA Academy. The Academy requires all students to be assessed for their own work only. All students are required to give proper acknowledgement of all original sources of work used in their assignments, projects or other assessed work.

Plagiarism is the act of taking and using the whole or any part of another person’s work and presenting it as your own without proper acknowledgement. Examples of ‘work’ include text, writings, computer program, web page, on-line discussions, video, music, sound recording, image, photograph, technical drawing, invention, research findings, diagram, chart, artwork or design.

If you knowingly allow another student to use the whole or part of your work and to present it as his or her own work, you could be liable for abetting plagiarism. The penalty for abetting plagiarism includes failing the subject, suspension and removal from course.