Development of Work Process of Construction Automation of Foundation for One-Day Housing

Abstract

There are two essential management objectives in the construction industry: improvement of construction speed and reduction of materials used. A representative attempt to achieve these objectives, modular housing technologies have been actively applied in many developed countries, including Japan. Modular housing is a method by which a house is assembled and completed on the site based on housing modules that are manufactured in a factory. Korea, a relative newcomer to this field, has secured design and construction technologies of a structure equivalent to a detached house, and is pursuing the research and development of the design and construction technologies in order to expand its horizons. This research aims to expand the scope of modular housing research to include the construction of the foundation, and further to establish a work process for construction to be automated. The work process established in this research will be utilized as fundamental data for the development of technologies to support ‘One-Day Housing’ construction, specifically automation equipment for foundation and embedded structures