Panelized Light-Frame Wood Roof as a Potential Housing Solution for Northern Canada
摘要
Northern Canada is facing a significant challenge with the need for sufficient housing. Traditional stick framing construction requires a large quantity of material, workforce, and equipment mobilization to build homes. Due to the manual work process, building projects executed following this construction method exhibit high reworks and waste of construction materials, which leads to a prolonged construction schedule. Consequently, home building using the traditional stick-built process is a significant cost driver in Northern Canada. On the other hand, panelized construction uses the manufacturing principle to pre-fabricate buildings off-site in a factory setting, which can potentially be a cost-effective solution for Northern Canada. This paper presents a case study of a light-frame wood panelized roof that can be manufactured using an IoT-based robotic construction factory as a potential solution for Northern Canada. The robotic facility conceptualizes a factory in a box that can be shipped using two containers. Setting up requires a relatively small space compared to the conventional CNC-based offsite facility. Feasibility analysis shows that panelized roofs can be produced in the robotic factory and shipped to construction sites. A hypothetical case study of a building located in Salliq was used to determine the roof panel sections and connection requirements to demonstrate the application of a panelized roof.