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Spring 2017
The fast-paced progress associated with offsite construction projects necessitates special attention toward project design, estimation, and planning. Traditionally, the relationship between project design and cost lacks clarity during the early design stages of a project. While design efforts aim
to improve the project performance, compromises are made in order to meet a desired targeted cost. Target cost modelling (TCMd) provides an ideal environment to explore the available alternatives and reveal the associated financial and environmental impact on the project. Structural design, building
envelope, heating and cooling systems, delivery of modular units, and onsite assembly are analyzed and standardized through a set of construction, costing, and energy factors in order to illustrate their indirect/direct effect on the project design, cost, and energy efficiency. This research presents a