prefabrication

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About 200 of an estimated 2,000 homes destroyed in the 2023 Maui wildfires have already been rebuilt using prefabrication, said Tom Hardiman, executive director of the Modular Building Institute, a nonprofit trade association.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

Although the structures take 165 man-hours to produce including the prefabrication, his team can build one a day, Zhuk said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

He added that the prefabrication method offered safety benefits as well: If you can “thin out the quantity of activities on site, people aren’t tripping over each other, and fewer bodies improves safety.”

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2022

Broken: The collapsed pedestrian bridge in Florida shows how dangerous the fashionable philosophy of prefabrication can be, Matthew N. Eisler argues.

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2018

The prefabrication plant may sound boring, but it is a vivid example of how companies such as Shapiro & Duncan make big financial bets on technology.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2013