One cutting-edge technique aimed at reducing the negative impacts of construction—including material waste, energy use, and environmental issues—is prefabricated volumetric modular building. It also seeks to shorten building durations and improve overall quality. The Indian building sector still uses relatively little volumetric modular construction, despite the fact that it is widely used in many developing nations because of its various advantages. However, preliminary findings also showed that there are several barriers preventing volumetric modular building from being widely used. Consequently, these constraints will be employed to explore the critical factors that contribute to Prefabricated Volumetric Modular Construction’s (PVMC’s) successful implementation in India. The determinants shall further be validated through case study and expert survey. The outcome of this analysis will have a matrix showing the key determinants and their limitations ranked in order of their importance and the correlation between each of the determinants. The proposed matrix shall provide decision makers with valuable insights into understanding which determinants to give more importance to and which sector or area in the industry should be targeted for the implementation of PVMC and it is believed that this matrix shall play an important role in the overall upscaling of PVMC in India.

Keywords:Volumetric modular construction, implementation, limitations, upscaling areas,
sustainable

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1. Henderson D. What is Volumetric Construction. Chicago: Z Modular; 2018.
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20. Buddoo N. Future of Modular Construction | Getting the industry to buy in to the concept. 2021.
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28. Wallet P. Modular Construction: Changing the face of construction in India. 2021.
29. Kumar K., Basu C., Paul V. K. Utilization of Floats in Project Schedule Recovery-A Pilot Schedule Demonstration. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts. 2020; pp. 3496–3502p.
30. Kumar K., Basu D. C., Rastogi A., Paul V. K. Retrofitting the existing requirements for an institutional building Framework for Enhancing the Functionality. IJSDR. 2020; 5(3): 362–368p.

One cutting-edge technique aimed at reducing the negative impacts of construction—including material waste, energy use, and environmental issues—is prefabricated volumetric modular building. It also seeks to shorten building durations and improve overall quality. The Indian building sector still uses relatively little volumetric modular construction, despite the fact that it is widely used in many developing nations because of its various advantages. However, preliminary findings also showed that there are several barriers preventing volumetric modular building from being widely used. Consequently, these constraints will be employed to explore the critical factors that contribute to Prefabricated Volumetric Modular Construction’s (PVMC’s) successful implementation in India. The determinants shall further be validated through case study and expert survey. The outcome of this analysis will have a matrix showing the key determinants and their limitations ranked in order of their importance and the correlation between each of the determinants. The proposed matrix shall provide decision makers with valuable insights into understanding which determinants to give more importance to and which sector or area in the industry should be targeted for the implementation of PVMC and it is believed that this matrix shall play an important role in the overall upscaling of PVMC in India.

Keywords:Volumetric modular construction, implementation, limitations, upscaling areas,
sustainable

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1. Henderson D. What is Volumetric Construction. Chicago: Z Modular; 2018.
2. Khahro S. H., Memon N. A., Ali T. H., Memon Z. A. Adoption of prefabrication in small scale construction projects. Civ. Eng. J. 2019; 5(5): 1099–1104p.
3. Kumar K., Paul V. K. Significance of Fire Protection System Reliability for Structure Fire Safety. Structural engineering digest. 2023; Issue October–December: 42–25p..
4. Paul V. K., Basu C., Rastogi A., Kumar K. Essentials of Building Life and Fire Safety, 1st ed. Ghaziabad: COPAL Publishing; 2021.
5. Das S., Rastogi A., Kumar K. Applicability of Risk Assessment Tools and Techniques for a Construction Project. Journal of Research in Infrastructure Designing. 2021; 4(3): 1–18p.
6. Paul V. K., Solanki S. K., Rastogi A., Yadav P. S. Establishing a Performance Index for Construction Project Managers, 1st ed. London: Taylor & Francis; 2023.
7. Li Z., Shen G. Q., Alshawi M. Measuring the Impact of Prefabrication on Construction Waste Reduction: An Empirical Study in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2014; 91: 27–39p.
8. Rekha, Ravindra. Prefabricated Concrete Technology- Perspectives and Challenges. International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering. 2017; 3(1): 444–452p.
9. Kazem-Zadeh M., Issa R. R. A. Constraints of Modular Construction for Fully Serviced and Finished Homes: Lessons Learned from Canada. ResearchGate, 2020.
10. Hwang B. G., Shan M., Looi K. Y. Key constraints and mitigation strategies for prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction. Journal of cleaner production. 2018; 183: 183–193p.
11. Tatum C. B., Vanegas J. A., Williams J. M. Constructability Improvement Using Prefabrication, Preassembly, and Modularization. Washington, D.C.: NCJRS Virtual Library; 1986.
12. Saif V., Rastogi A., Paul V. Debt Restructuring of Distressed Indian Construction Projects. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts. 2020; 8(6): 2802–2810p.
13. Sun Y., Wang J., Wu J., Shi W., Ji D., Wang X., Zhao X. Constraints hindering the development of high-rise modular buildings. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(20): 7159p.
14. Bello A. O., Khan A. A., Idris A., Awwal H. M. Barriers to modular construction systems implementation in developing countries’ architecture, engineering and construction industry. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2022-1001
15. Ribeiro A. M., Arantes A., Cruz C. O. Barriers to the adoption of modular construction in Portugal: An interpretive structural modeling approach. Buildings. 2022; 12(10): 1509p.
16. Rahman M. M. Barriers of implementing modern methods of construction. Journal of management in engineering. 2014; 30(1): 69–77p.
17. Arif M., Bendi D., Sawhney A., Iyer K. C. State of offsite construction in India-Drivers and barriers. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 2012; 364(1): 012109p. .
18. Chen C. Advantages and barriers of modular construction method in constructing buildings. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Smart Infrastructure and Construction. 2023; 176(2): 75–84p..
19. Gong P., Teng Y., Li X., Luo L. Modeling constraints for the on-site assembly process of prefabrication housing production: A social network analysis. Sustainability. 2019; 11(5): 1387p..
20. Buddoo N. Future of Modular Construction | Getting the industry to buy in to the concept. 2021.
21. Ahn Y. H., Pearce A. R., Ku K. Paradigm shift of green buildings in the construction industry. International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development. 2011; 2(1): 52–62p.
22. Paliwal S. Opportunities and Challenges of Modular Construction in a Hospitality Centric Environment. PhD diss., Las Vegas: University of Nevada; 2019..
23. NBCC. NBCC Annual Report. 2021.
24. Sachdev P. Modular construction and its adaptation in India. Int. J. Res. Eng. Sci. Manag. 2018; 1(10): 269–271p.
25. Government of India. Ministry of Human Resource Development. National Education Policy 2020. p. 66.
26. Paul V. K., Basu C., Rastogi A., Kumar K. Status of Fire Safety in Healthcare Facilities in India. International Journal of Architecture and Infrastructure Planning. 2022; 8(1): 1–11p.
27. Paul V., Kumar K. Risk and reliability assessment of fire and life safety in buildings-a case of healthcare building. New Delhi: FIREINDIA; 2021.
28. Wallet P. Modular Construction: Changing the face of construction in India. 2021.
29. Kumar K., Basu C., Paul V. K. Utilization of Floats in Project Schedule Recovery-A Pilot Schedule Demonstration. International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts. 2020; pp. 3496–3502p.
30. Kumar K., Basu D. C., Rastogi A., Paul V. K. Retrofitting the existing requirements for an institutional building Framework for Enhancing the Functionality. IJSDR. 2020; 5(3): 362–368p.