Perception of Economic, Social and Environmental Aspects of Modern Methods of Construction

Abstract

Construction and operation of buildings are among the major consumers of material and energy resources and simultaneously contribute to the pollution of sustainable construction of buildings responds to the general requirements of sustainable development and qualitative represents a new approach to design, implementation and operation of buildings to meet the wide range of functional requirements, economic, environmental, social and cultural. Responses to the trend of sustainability are modern methods of construction (MMC). MMC are suggested to deal more effectively with uncertainties that construction commonly presents to clients and contractors, for example uncertainties inherent in traditional construction regarding than time, defects, safety, environmental impact, costs, profits and lifecycle performance. Regarding the MMC implementation in Slovakia, assembled buildings based on wood seem to be the most preferred construction system. In the study, presented in the paper, were searched already built and lived-in wood based family houses. The residents’ attitudes to such type of buildings in the context with declared designing parameters of efficiency and sustainability are overlooked. The methodology of the research study is based on the socio-economic survey. A conclusion of this paper presents partial results concerning the investigation of selected aspects buildings based on wood, because these selected aspects are an important factor in the choice of the majority of clients in the choice of the construction system. Also important is the degree of compliance and the exploitation of the advantages of the individual systems, which are reflected in the cost, quality and speed of delivery building, but also its sustainability.
Keywords: Wooden buildings, Economic, Social, Environmental, Socio-economic survey.