05-03-2015, 01:56 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-03-2015, 03:59 PM by BuildingScout.)
(05-03-2015, 11:23 AM)DHLawrence Wrote: I think a lot of developments do use prefab; just off Can-Amera Parkway there's a big airplane hangar-sized place; I remember seeing the doors open and a couple of houses within ready to roll onto site.
Indeed, but prefab houses go too far on the other side of the pre-assembled spectrum and thus are also the wrong solution. The problem is that they force a lot of compromises because of road and height restrictions. You really want the middle ground: assemble as much as possible off-site but never to the point that architectural choices are affected. This is why shipping wall frames, precut flooring, siderock walls, staircases and roof timbers is the way to go. The rest to be done on site.