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If a process or
product can be made or finished more quickly or installed more easily, those
advantages translate directly into either a lower price or a higher profit
margin in the world of construction. That is the primary motivation driving the
increasing use of prefabricated building components, including entire premade
buildings, in the marketplace.
This course
examines multiple aspects of this growing trend. It presents the history of
such practices, components or units that are currently available in a prefabricated
form, opportunities to further expand the practice and the pros and cons of using
such pieces in a new building project. It begins with discussions of prefabrication
from the assembly of small pieces, the creation of major building components, and
the ordering of pre-engineered structures of steel and other materials. The course concludes with an overview of the
purchase of building kits and entire structures that can be delivered on-site.
Whether in whole
or in part, prefabrication has proven valuable in the construction
industry. For this reason, prefabrication
processes will remain in use for quite some time.
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