<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>More and more, people are looking to build and live in different ways. They want houses with a high standard of living and reasonable production and maintenance costs. However, they also want to build a way that does not adversely affect their quality of life. Currently, the using of modern methods of construction (MMC) expands consistently year on year. MMC include prefabricated products made in the factory and also new methods of building that are site-based and they are regarded as a means of achieving higher quality, reducing time spent onsite, increasing safety and overcoming skills shortages in the industry. Aim of this paper is to analyze and compare, trough case study, technical, cost and technological parameters of house built by modern method of construction (from insulating concrete formwork) and by traditional method (from brick system). The subject of case study is house modeled in two variants of insulating concrete formwork and a variant bricks and ceiling system. In conclusion, there is selected optimal method and system for house construction through multicriteria optimization.</p></abstract>

More and more, people are looking to build and live in different ways. They want houses with a high standard of living and reasonable production and maintenance costs. However, they also want to build a way that does not adversely affect their quality of life. Currently, the using of modern methods of construction (MMC) expands consistently year on year. MMC include prefabricated products made in the factory and also new methods of building that are site-based and they are regarded as a means of achieving higher quality, reducing time spent onsite, increasing safety and overcoming skills shortages in the industry. Aim of this paper is to analyze and compare, trough case study, technical, cost and technological parameters of house built by modern method of construction (from insulating concrete formwork) and by traditional method (from brick system). The subject of case study is house modeled in two variants of insulating concrete formwork and a variant bricks and ceiling system. In conclusion, there is selected optimal method and system for house construction through multicriteria optimization.

Comparative Analysis of Houses Built from Insulating Concrete Formwork – case Study

Civil Engineering Faculty, Institute of Construction Technology and Management

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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More and more, people are looking to build and live in different ways. They want houses with a high standard of living and reasonable production and...

Comparative Analysis of Houses Built from Insulating Concrete Formwork – case Study

Published Online: Dec 01, 2015

Page range: 139 - 146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2015-0025

Keywords
modern methods of construction, insulating concrete formwork, Durisol, Medmax, Porotherm

© 2015 Daniela Mačková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Comparative Analysis of Houses Built from Insulating Concrete Formwork – case Study

Published Online: Dec 01, 2015

Page range: 139 - 146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sspjce-2015-0025

Keywordsmodern methods of construction, insulating concrete formwork, Durisol, Medmax, Porotherm

© 2015 Daniela Mačková et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
modern methods of construction, insulating concrete formwork, Durisol, Medmax, Porotherm