Adv. Prefab Construction
Advanced Prefabricated Construction is a technology that consists of assembling
buildings or their components at a location other than the building site. The method
controls construction costs by economizing on time, wages, and materials. Prefabricated
units may include doors, stairs, window walls, wall panels, floor panels, roof trusses,
room-sized components, and even entire buildings. There are two main families of prefab
systems, 2D prefab and 3D prefab. These systems can be used on their own, used as
hybrids with each other, or used in conjunction with traditional construction
approaches. 2D prefab components are pre-cut, pre-sized, pre-moulded or pre-shaped
elements that are assembled or installed on site. 2D Panels are non-volumetric systems
that arrive on site ready for assembly. They might form the building envelope, stair
cores, internal load bearing walls or lighter partitions. They might be open or closed
panel systems, precast concrete panels or other panel types, all created through a range
of advanced off-site manufacturing technologies. 3D prefab modular, sectional,
volumetric or unitised systems are 3-dimensional structural units which are combined at
site with other units or systems, or might comprise an entire small building. 3D systems
include pods that are generally not structural modules, such as bathroom or kitchen
pods.
