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摘要

All things being equal, it makes a lot more sense to make a building in a factory than it does on site. Unfortunately, buildings are not especially portable, so it also makes sense to make elements on a production line and assemble them on site later. The problem here is one of flexibility: manufacturers usually create products for a specific building, rather than for buildings in general, so whoever is designing the thing has relatively little choice in what they specify. If it were different,rnarchitects would have a vast world of choice, and everyone else would be all the collateral benefits of standardisation, such as improved competition, availability and quality.