This text presents a comprehensive approach towards the industrialization of building. It highlights, from the managerial viewpoint, the main issues involved in industrialization: selection of a system, its performance specifications, production technology, production planning and economic feasibility. It addresses the future development of building systems, the automation of design and the impact of robotization on building sites.

Industrialized and Automated Building Systems presents a detailed and balanced evaluation of the benefits and drawbacks of industrialized building systems, and considers technological, managerial and economical aspects of industrialization, automation in the industrialized building process in production, construction and design, and information technologies in design, production and construction on site.