Off-Site Fabrication: Prefabrication, Pre-Assembly, and Modularization - Hardcover

Gibb, Alistair G. F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470378360 ISBN 13: 9780470378366

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1999

Synopsis

The topic of off-site fabrication is one of international interest, providing an effective construction technique in terms of quality, time, cost, function, productivity, and safety. It is adopted worldwide as the ideal means of producing an immense array of elements from structural members, cladding units, and bathrooms to fully finished modular buildings.

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off-site fabrication Off-site fabrication is a topic of international interest and provides an effective construction technique in terms of quality, time, cost, function, productivity and safety. It is adopted worldwide as the ideal means of producing an immense array of elements from structural members, cladding units, bathrooms to fully-finished modular buildings. This practical book provides a complete guide to the subject, covering the principles, applications and implications for design and construction. Numerous case studies and examples from around the world illustrate the flexibility and adaptability of off-site fabrication. Practitioners, researchers and students in civil and structural engineering, building and construction, construction management and related subjects, will find the book provides excellent guidance to the technology and its effective implementation.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0470378360
• ISBN 13: 9780470378366
• Binding: Hardcover