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prefabrication

[ US /ˌpɹiˌfæbɹəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪfˌæbɹɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site

How To Use prefabrication In A Sentence

  • Allied energies focused on mobility and prefabrication, while the Nazis aimed for "enslavement and extermination. Building for War
  • They used these simple stacked facades for unpretentious utilitarian buildings; the repeated detail lent itself to prefabrication.
  • In some cases, light-gauge steel framing is a logical substitute for wood framing and well suited to prefabrication and mass production, he adds.
  • Prefabrication of the building in a nearby factory minimized both construction waste and damage to the sensitive area by heavy equipment.
  • The repetitive modular method, as well as the prefabrication allowed for greater efficiency during construction. The Annie Residence by Bercy Chen Studio
  • Authors mainly introduce quality control of allotype caisson in prefabrication, float transport and installation process.
  • Prefabrication was the solution for widespread overcrowding.
  • The concept of prefabrication showed early promise with the Case Study Houses Program in Los Angeles during the 1950s, but progress stalled.
  • Standardization, factory prefabrication and volume production can greatly reduce dwelling structure cost, but not the cost of site preparation and foundation work, which always must be customized. Berkeley tests concept of backyard cottage
  • However, the idea of prefabrication had taken a firm hold on my imagination, and, being an engineer by trade, I decided to try designing a structure with component parts that my wife and I could prefabricate ourselves-at home, during our evenings and weekends-then transport to a rural building site for rapid assembly. Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles
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