Increasing Productivity with Modular Building

摘要

Despite the construction industry's immense size and importance to the U. S. economy, its productivity-the quality, pace, and cost of which buildings and infrastructure are constructed-is thought by some to be lagging. New industry research shows one potential solution to improve this is the expanded use of prefabrication and modularization. These are construction processes that have been used for generations, dating as far back as Egypt's Great Pyramids. Over the past century, they have been viewed by many in the United States as cheap and low in quality. However, recent advances in technologies and innovation both at home and overseas are changing that image. Three primary reasons for