A Holistic Review of the Emerging Advanced Technologies in Prefabricated Construction Management

Emerging advanced technologies (EAT) have been regarded as significant technological innovation which will greatly help transform the construction industry and they have been adopted widely in the prefabricated construction. As the research on emerging advanced technologies in the management of prefabricated construction (MPC) has not been involved, various researchers require a state-of-the-art summary of EAT research and implementation in the MPC field. The purpose of this paper is to provide an objective and systematic summary of advance EAT by analyzing published EAT research in 10 leading journals during period from 2009 to 2019 in terms of the annual number of EAT papers, contributions of authors and countries, and research interest. Through a thorough review of selected papers from the state-of-the-art academic journals in the construction industry, the EAT research in the MPC field is reviewed and summarized. This study is of value in offering useful and original insights to summarize the advance status quo of EAT knowledge, helping researchers in related fields gain an in-depth understanding of underlying structure of EAT in the MPC and allow them to continue from the findings of studies.