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100 1 _aMcCormick, Helen
245 0 0 _aFlatpack future
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490 0 _aContract Journal
_v434(6587) 9 August 2006, 12-13(2)
520 _aReports on how offsite manufacturer Panaloc helped Taylor Woodrow erect new housing in Salford within a tight timescale of 24 weeks. The key to the process was Panaloc's use of computer numerical control which converts an architect's drawing into a virtual 3D model which is then interrogated to find the most efficient way of actually constructing each property. In an area where there are labour shortages, the process also enabled the number of assembly workers to be kept to a minimum. The properties comprised individual floor, wall and ceiling panels, assembled into two boxes, ground and first floor. Each house took on average three and a half days to erect on site.
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651 4 _aNORTHWEST ENGLAND
690 _aConstruction management
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