Precast Concrete Systems in Developing vs. Industrialized Countries/Surenkamojo Gelzbetonio Sistemos Besivystanciose Ir Industrializuotose Salyse (Report‪)‬

1. Introduction The construction industry and its activities have an important role in socio-economic development, environment, and quality of life. In contrast to its significant impact on national economies and people's lives, the construction industry is typically characterized by labour intensive technology, hard labour conditions, low productivity, and high risks (Kazaz et al. 2008). These problematic business conditions mainly result from the slow integration of technological advances and industrialization principles such as computer-aided construction, automation, standardization, modularization, etc. to the construction industry (UNEP Report 2002). Industrialisation of construction refers to the rationalisation of the construction process by promoting off-site manufacturing (Alinaitwe et al. 2006). Precast concrete is one of the construction methods that use the principles of industrialization in the construction process.