Characteristics and Application of Modular Integrated Construction

Abstract

The modular buildings technology is a new type of construction technology, and it is officially called modular integrated construction. It is a new type of construction technology, this system treats each room as a separate module, all prefabricated in the factory. After the factory production, the rooms are transported to the site and assembled into the whole building through reliable connection. This paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of modular building technology, and describes the development prospect in future. Compared to the traditional way of building, modular buildings have fast construction speed, environmentally friendly construction process, high construction quality and broad development prospects. At the same time, it has some aspects that are not mature at this stage, like the incomplete production chain and low freedom caused by high-degreed standardization. Modular buildings have been applied in many field, and it can be used in cooperation with existing computer technology like building information model. The main development direction of modular architecture in the future is digitalization, intelligence and integration.