All Articles Tagged With: prefabrication

History never repeats….or does it?

A good chunk of my sunny Sunday was spent in a garage sleuthing through archives from the most ambitious New Zealand housing consortium to date – Industrialised Building Systems.

31 May, 2011 By Pamela Bell comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, construction, prefabrication

Innovating prefab: a numbers’ perspective

By now, we all know prefab or offsite is a step-change in thinking about construction. It is about moving towards larger chunks made in controlled conditions – so that the process at site is one of assembly, and clients can receive known quality, time, cost and sustainability benefits.

20 Jul, 2011 By Pamela Bell comment icon [0] Tags: architecture, BIM, prefabrication, productivity

Putting the puzzle-pieces together: What is the future of high-value manufacturing for the prefab industry?

At the recent James Hardie PrefabNZ Innovation Event held at BuildNZ, the presentations led us from macro economic outlook to micro products and systems.

17 Aug, 2011 By Pamela Bell comment icon [1] Tags: architecture, manufacturing, prefabrication
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