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Sadaf Montazeri, Zhen Lei and Nicole Odo
The construction industry, despite its anticipated significant growth, has struggled with low productivity over the past two decades. Design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA), a methodology with a history of success in other industries, presents a pr...
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Xiao-Meng Dai, Liang Zong, Yang Ding, Hao-Wen Zhang and Feng-Wei Shi
The use of modular steel construction (MSC) achieves a minimum of on-site work and the potential for removability and reuse. In order to realize the overall disassembly of module buildings and the rapid off-site reconstruction after disassembly, special ...
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Jiufu Luo, Zhongxin Luo, Wen Li, Wenbo Shi and Xin Sui
The co-allocation of photovoltaic arrays with crops presents a promising strategy to mitigate the conflict between photovoltaics and agricultural land. However, there is a notable lack of quantitative research on the impact of agrivoltaic system on land ...
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Mohamed Assaf, Mohamed Hussein, Sherif Abdelkhalek and Tarek Zayed
Off-site construction (OSC) is an innovative construction method that transfers most of the site-based work to a more controlled environment. Construction waste minimization, speedy schedules, higher sustainability, and better quality are some of the per...
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Mohamed M. Kosbar, Emad Elbeltagi, Ibrahim Mahdi, Mahmoud Kassem and A. Ehab
New technologies like modular construction are expected to increase the market share in developing countries with a high annual growth rate such as in Egypt. Modular construction solutions that have content depending on the process of off-site constructi...
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Bianca Pietsch Cunha Bendito, Henrique Marinho Leite Chaves and Aldicir Scariot
Estimating the on-site and off-site impacts of soil erosion as a function of land use and climate conditions in semi-arid basins is key for soil and water conservation strategies. However, a research gap exists in the theme, requiring further investigati...
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Guiomar Calvo, Beatriz Carrasquer-Álvarez and Javier Martínez-Aznar
Salt harvesting through natural solar evaporation of salt brines is a practice notably abundant in the Iberian Peninsula. Such activity has been relevant for human consumption, food preservation, livestock feed, and various industries throughout history....
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Rossano Ciampalini, Elizabeth J. Kendon, José A. Constantine, Marcus Schindewolf and Ian R. Hall
Climate change can lead to significant environmental and societal impacts; for example, through increases in the amount and intensity of rainfall with the associated possibility of flooding. Twenty-first-century climate change simulations for Great Brita...
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Kepa Iturralde, Ernesto Gambao and Thomas Bock
In order to reach a Zero-Energy-consuming building stock, it is necessary to insulate and add renewable energy sources on top of existing building envelopes. Off-site prefabricated modules have been used for covering building facades, but manual on-site ...
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Mulugeta Admas, Assefa M. Melesse, Brook Abate and Getachew Tegegne
This study evaluated the best management practices on how to manage soil losses from catchment and reduce sediment load into a dam reservoir. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship of runoff, soil loss, and sediment yield with best management prac...
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