TY  - CONF
TI  - A systematic design for assembly assessment of prefabricated facade panels
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
SP  - 887
EP  - 898
PY  - 2026
DO  - 10.24928/2026/0288
AU  - Taheripour, Sahar
AU  - El-Haouzi, Hind Bril
AU  - Sheikhkhoshkar, Moslem
AD  - Ph.D. Student, CRAN, CNRS, Universite de Lorraine, Epinal, France, sahar.taheripour@univ-lorraine.fr, orcid.org/0000-0002-4986-7647
AD  - Full Professor, CRAN, CNRS, Universite de Lorraine, Epinal, France, hind.el-haouzi@univ-lorraine.fr, orcid.org/0000-0003-4746-5342
AD  - Research Associate, CRAN, CNRS, Universite de Lorraine, Epinal, France, msheikhkhoshkar@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-2705
ED  - Hamzeh, Farook
ED  - Poshdar, Mani
ED  - Garcia-Lopez,, Nelly P.
AB  - Design for Assembly (DfA) is a key enabler of industrialized and off-site construction; however, its evaluation for building products remains fragmented and lacks sufficient structure. The existing literature examines several design factors in the assembly process and often employs qualitative methods. These methods usually lack the rigor needed for standardized assessment, highlighting the need for more practical and structured tools. This paper proposes a DfA-based systematic structure and practical evaluation tool tailored to prefabricated building products, with a particular focus on facade panels. Drawing on a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), relevant DfA factors and indicators are identified and organized into a Multi-layer Social Network (MSN) that links indicators, factors, and the overall DfA assessment at a high level. The proposed structure is applied to an industrial case study to demonstrate its applicability. The results highlight the potential of the proposed approach as a practical decision-support tool for improving assembly-oriented design and provide a transferable basis for evaluating other Design for Excellence (DfX) aspects.
KW  - Design for Assembly
KW  - DfA assessment
KW  - prefabricated facade panels
KW  - Multi-layer Social Network.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 34)
DA  - 2026/06/22
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2569/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2569
N1  - Export Date: 19 June 2026
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -