The UPF-BSM Chair of Decent and Sustainable Housing presents a pioneering study on industrialized construction
The study analyzes how industrialization can help overcome the main challenges of the sector, and measures its economic, environmental and social impacts.
The UPF Barcelona School of Management hosted the presentation of the study “Impacts of Industrialized Construction from a Triple Perspective: Economic, Environmental, and Social” (link to the Spanish version), developed by the Chair in Dignified and Sustainable Housing at UPF-BSM and the Metropolitan House Foundation.
The study, authored by professors Ramon Bastida and Ferran Piqué, provides a comparative analysis of industrialized and traditional construction systems, using a residential building as a case study. It highlights the advantages of the new construction model in terms of efficiency, sustainability, and social impact.
“Innovation efforts in the construction process have led to the development of new building systems, one of which is industrialized construction: this method involves the use of prefabricated elements that are later assembled on-site” explained Professor Ramon Bastida during the presentation.
Ramon Bastida, director of the Department of Decent and Sustainable Housing, and co-author of the study
According to Bastida, “there is broad consensus among experts that industrialized construction offers significant advantages over traditional methods.” Some of the most notable benefits include reduced construction time, improved quality and precision of components, and enhanced working conditions and occupational safety.
The event was inaugurated by Fátima Piqué, deputy director general of the UPF-BSM, and Rafael Angulo, president of Metropolitan House and the Fundación, who gave way to Ramon Bastida’s presentation.
Rafael Angulo and Fàtima Piqué at the time of the inauguration of the act.
The event featured a roundtable discussion with prominent industry experts: Francisco Diéguez (ITEC), Miquel Àngel Angulo (Metropolitan House) and Adriana Delgado Casaos (Àvita Tech – Grup Avintia), moderated by Josep Lluís Pellicer, secretary of the Metropolitan Foundation. All participants debated on the advantages of industrialized construction, the challenges to be overcome and the opportunities offered by the current context, and agreed on the need to promote industrialization as a means to transform the construction sector.
Roundtable with industry experts
It ended with the intervention of José Vicente Muñoz Gómez, director of Fundación Metropolitan House, and Susana Domingo, Deputy Dean of Knowledge Transfer at the UPF-BSM.
Susana Domingo and José Vicente Muñoz Gómez at the closing of the act
This study is the fifth applied research project produced by the Chair of Decent and Sustainable Housing at UPF-BSM—an initiative created in collaboration with the Metropolitan House Foundation with the aim of analyzing the real estate sector from a social, environmental, and economic perspective.
The studies of the Chair have the objective of adapting the real estate sector to current times, with regulations that are transformed into benefits for citizens and companies, and later transferring his reflections to the main interest groups.
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