Housing

Residential buildings are a very popular topic within construction and many different approaches could be taken. Whether you are interested in property developments, the way in which housing is constructed compared to other countires or the legislation surrounding housing, this could be the topic for you! Take a look at some of our examples below:

Example housing dissertation topic 1:

Perceptions of modular housing construction: A UK survey

Despite the success of construction techniques such as those employed by Huf-Haus in Germany, modular pre-constructed house building in the United Kingdom remains little used. Given the advantages relating to cost and on-site construction time that such modularisation can bring, this paper seeks to assess the reasons for its lack of use within the UK construction industry. Using interviews, this paper combines the views of builders and house buyers with existing secondary data relating to the use of such advanced construction techniques.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Barnard, D. (2010). Light steel construction and modular homes as alternative building methods in South Africa. BSc thesis, University of Pretoria.
• Goodier, C.I and Pan, W. (2012). ‘Briefing: future trends in UK housebuilding’, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Municipal Engineer, Vol. 165 (2), pp. 65-67.
• Nahmens, I. and Ikuma, L. (2012). ‘Effects of lean construction on sustainability of modular homebuilding’, Journal of Architectural Engineering, Vol. 18(2), pp. 155-163.