Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) and Design for Deconstruction (DfD) in the Construction Industry: Challenges, Trends and Developments

A building faces several challenges across its lifecycle stages. Challenges such as production inefficiency and inadequate waste management hinder advancement in the construction industry. Furthermore, sector has emerged one of largest producers world, which can lead to detrimental impacts on economy environment. Conventional approaches are insufficient eradicate these concerns. Thus, practitioners have sought implement novel methods ameliorate process. In this regard, design for manufacturing assembly (DfMA) deconstruction (DfD) gained prominence, studies elucidated methods’ unprecedented potential wholly transform process mitigate unwanted brought about by This study identified applications benefits DfMA DfD construction, well recent developments research gaps, through a literature review, using Scopus primary database MATLAB conducting data text analytics. The current body knowledge necessitates further assessment following gaps: (1) development standard construction-oriented guidelines; (2) corroboration developed tools practical application; (3) integration holistic with emerging technologies, additive digital fabrication; (4) comparison structures constructed built conventional approaches; (5) comprehensive application guidelines structural systems; (6) DfD; (7) execution sustainability evaluate impact (8) identification solutions barriers uptake construction.