Quantifying safety in off-site construction
| dc.contributor.advisor | Rankin, Jeff H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Odo, Nicole Tamara | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-06T18:49:51Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-06T18:49:51Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The concept of leveraging off-site construction as a safer alternative has been presented by researchers and industry, but support of this with quantifiable data is lacking. To investigate differences in off-site construction versus conventional on-site methods, the research has developed a safety evaluation methodology to quantify safety risks and allow for comparisons. The methodology leverages historical safety data from the Province of New Brunswick to provide inputs for a risk-based process analysis. The methodology is partially validated in its’ application to two case studies: a mid-rise modular hotel construction project that employed both conventional and off-site construction methods, and a prefabricated panel installation. The evaluation takes a construction product-focused approach with emphasis on defining a complete material supply chain. The case studies demonstrated the generalizability and feasibility of the evaluation method, and also found off-site construction to be safer in the specified context of the mixed method hotel construction. | |
| dc.description.copyright | ©Nicole T. Odo, 2022 | |
| dc.format.extent | viii, 274 | |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37347 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of New Brunswick | |
| dc.rights | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
| dc.subject.discipline | Civil Engineering | |
| dc.title | Quantifying safety in off-site construction | |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| oaire.license.condition | other | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Civil Engineering | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | University of New Brunswick | |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | M.Sc.E. |