Working in a controlled environment also facilitates a higher level of craftsmanship. With advanced tools like automated ...

A prefabricated bathroom is hoisted into place as part of Golden Construction’s three-building, 143-unit expansion of the Fair Haven Retirement Community, in Birmingham, Ala. Many of us have ...

The commercial building industry is changing rapidly. Architects, developers, builders, contractors and fabricators are searching for innovative – and cost-effective – solutions that will enable them ...

The Los Angeles structural engineer Richard Bradshaw talks about his first experience with large-scale prefabricated construction in terms that are less than affectionate. “It never really made sense ...

Predictable, flexible, and efficient, prefabrication is quickly becoming an integral part of many construction projects. Though not a one-size-fits-all solution, prefabrication can address a multitude ...

In the late 1960s, Texas general contractor H.B. Zachry Co. built a 500-room, 21-story Hilton hotel in downtown San Antonio for the city's HemisFair global exposition, and ended up creating a ...

There’s a clear trend towards greater adoption of prefabrication in construction, but contractors moving that way should be mindful of the obstacles to marrying manufacturing and construction. That’s ...

Prefabrication is not a new idea for architects. It was a staple of the post-war modernist ideal, a great dream that precise modern structures would be created in clean factories and then shipped to ...

In response to an increase in prefabrication work performed by electrical contractors, OSHA recently added a new module to the agency's “Ergonomics Solutions for Electrical Contractors” e-Tool, ...

The company says that this process is still at an exploratory stage, and the potential listing is subject to market ...

Prefabrication is becoming more popular in India for a variety of reasons. The gusts of evolution are currently blowing stronger than ever before in the building industry in India. In a huge and ...