| 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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