News tagged prefabrication
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Polypipe starts delivery of its biggest prefabrication project to date
Polypipe Building Services has secured its largest order to date for its fabricated drainage systems.
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Contractors Make a Bet on Prefab and Modular
Demands from clients and labor shortages are forcing some contractors into other methods of creating building assemblies, driving new investments in prefabrication and modular construction techniques.
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Prefabrication and Automation Enabled by Virtual Construction Planning and Management
Virtual construction planning contributes to the optimization of off-site prefabrication and the automation of construction processes.
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Tracking Prefabrication Productivity
Prefabrication of materials used in construction is not a new concept.
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Best Project, Small Project: J. Rieger Electric Park Garden Addition
Faced with the constraints of an extremely narrow site, the Electric Park Garden Bar addition team found ways to leverage prefabrication to reduce downtime for subcontractors and keep the project on track.
Resources tagged prefabrication
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The B1M - How a 23-Year-Old Solved Urban Sprawl 17052023
Habitat 67 is finally being completed. Find out how this generation of architects worked with Safdie to fully realise his vision
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Undecided - Wow! I Didn’t Know A Prebuilt House Could Do This, 07022023
Matt Farrell talks about his factory built house and his concern about water soaking the insulation inside the wall panels during the erection. He also highlights how the team were able to achieve passive house level air tightness?
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The B1M - Inside London's "Gotham City" Skyscraper, 01092021
A video from September 2021 that looks back at the design and early stages of construction of "Gotham City", i.e. 40 Leadenhall Street, a skyscraper that London deserves and the one it needs right now. Here's how the team are making it happen
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The B1M - Sydney's $5BN Tunnel U-Turn, 08012023
Building a new highway under Sydney Harbour is turning out to be VERY difficult. The second phase of the project has changed the construction technique opting for Tunnel Boring Machines in lieu of an immersed tube tunnel (requiring cofferdams, dredging and prefabricated tunnel segments)
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CNBC - The multibillion industry hoping to fix the world's housing crisis 14022022
With a housing supply shortage plaguing most of the world's urban centers, could factory-built houses be the answer? The $105 billion modular home industry thinks so, touting eco-friendly houses that can go from production line to plot in just a few weeks. However, modular homes have some perception issues to overcome first. Watch the video above to get an inside look at the industry hoping to revolutionize the construction sector.
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