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ENGINEERING JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT


Volume 30, No. 01, Month JANUARY, Year 2019, Pages 15 - 32


Identification of significant factors impacting precast utilization in cambodia construction industry

Kaya Ting, Phatsaphan Charnwasununth, and Vachara Peansupap


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Among all construction methods, precast construction has gained its popularity over the past 50 years due to the realized benefits. However, it is surprising that the uptake of precast construction method is still in its infancy in Cambodia. Thus, the goal of the research aims to investigate the factors impacting precast utilization in Cambodia construction industry by evaluating the significance of 5 benefits and 25 hindrances obtained from extensive literature reviews which impact the practitioner’s perspectives via a closed ended questionnaire of four different groups such as designers, manufacturers, deliverers, and assemblers. Consequently, this applied cross sectional quantitative research found out top five significant factors in four main processes such as design, production, transportation and assembly of precast technology in Cambodia construction industry.


Keywords

Cambodia, Construction industry, Significant factors, Precast



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