Design for manufacture : a strategy for successful application to buildings

Fox, S.

Design for manufacture : a strategy for successful application to buildings - 2001 - Construction Management and Economics 19(5) September 2001, 493-502(10) .

Analyses how the building design process and the information currently provided by designers prevents the successful application of design for manufacture (DFM) methodologies, the potential benefits of which are widely recognised, and proposes a strategy to allow the adoption of fundamental DFM principles instead. Tables, references.


DCLG DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURE COMPETITION
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
DESIGN METHODS
DESIGN PRINCIPLES