Potential for the implementation of modular apartment buildings in Slovakia.

Autor: Tažiková, Alena, Struková, Zuzana, Kozlovská, Mária, Klosova, Daria
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings; 9/4/2023, Vol. 2928 Issue 1, p1-10, 10p
Abstrakt: The living standard of a society is often evaluated on the basis of the quality and availability of housing. In housing policy, the role of the state is to ensure stability in the market environment that will allow households to live according to their income as well as to support labor mobility by using an existing housing stock without erratic excessive pressure on housing construction. Almost 95% of flats in Slovakia are in personal ownership of owner-occupants. In terms of the labor mobility and the flexibility of the labor market, the owner-occupied housing is rather detrimental. The solution to this fact can be supported by the construction of new rental housing, not only by the state, but also by the private sector. Although there are various state concepts for the construction of rental housing, so far it is all just in paper form and nothing is happening in reality. There is also some talk about implementation of modular buildings in construction of rental housing. The aim of the research is to evaluate the potential for the construction of modular apartment buildings in Slovakia. This is one of the reactions to the ongoing policy of the state, where the government of the republic committed to the massive construction of rental housing in its government program statement for 2021 - 2024. The main research question is whether there are enough companies in Slovakia that will be able to realize the number of modular apartment buildings, which the state says about in its program statement. The off-site modular construction has several advantages over traditional onsite construction. However, some disadvantages or barriers to the adoption of the modular construction generally or in Slovakia are also mentioned in the study presented. As to potential construction of apartment buildings, comparison of modular and traditional construction methods, from construction cost and construction time point of view was performed. The construction companies and especially modular construction companies from the Slovak construction market were engaged in the comparison. The companies provided the data related to examined economic and technological parameters (cost and time) of construction. More or less expected results of the comparative study are presented in the contribution. Based on the results of the presented study, it can be stated that the potential for modular housing construction in Slovakia exists. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index