Prefab, the housebuilding Viagra

Prefab, the housebuilding Viagra - 1998 - Building Homes (06) July 1998, 29-46(11) .

Series of articles on prefabrication in housebuilding. Considers a number of case studies looking at the use of a steel frame to support a block of flats in Swansea, a cost comparison for a social housing scheme in London and, the construction of a retaining wall using a timber kit. Discusses concrete prefabrication in housebuilding.


COST COMPARISON
HOUSE BUILDING
PANEL BUILDING
PILING
PREFABRICATION
SOCIAL HOUSING
STEEL FRAMES
TIMBER RETAINING WALL