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100 _aRoskrow, B.
245 _aPrefab progress
260 _c2003
490 _aHouse Builder
_v62(7) August 2003, 24-25(2)
520 _aFeatures Westbury Homes' Space4 prefabricated housing system, which is manufactured off-site in a factory. Charts the changes to this modern timber frame process, both in the factory and on-site, from its start in April 2001 to the present and stresses that the process requires precision building. Westbury's factory, which is the largest off-site prefabrication plant in the UK, has the capacity to produce 5 000 houses a year and manufactures for its own use and for other house builders. Production costs are coming into line with traditional build but overall on-site construction times are far shorter.
590 _aABS
650 _aTIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION
650 _aSPACE4
650 _aPREFABRICATED HOUSING
650 _aOFF-SITE MANUFACTURING
650 _aHOUSE BUILDING
690 _aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
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