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/ˌpɹiˌfæbɹəˈkeɪʃən/
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[ UK /pɹɪfˌæbɹɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪfˌæbɹɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site
How To Use prefabrication In A Sentence
- With this desert pied-a-terre, OMD proves that ideas of prefabrication, flexibility, portability and compact spaciousness can be combined to make off-the-grid living perfectly comfortable. Sustainable Prefab Pied-a-Terre by Office of Mobile Design | Inhabitat
- Atterbury was interested in prefabrication and invented a nailable concrete called Nailcrete. Makeshift Metropolis
- The product allowed prefabrication of brick masonry beams and panels, much like precast concrete, so that once fabricated, they could be rapidly installed.
- The lightweight structure did not require complex foundations and the reliance on prefabrication reduced construction time to a mere six weeks.
- Our piping prefabrication workshop covers a total area of 1000 m 2.
- A favourite solution was to use assembly-line techniques and prefabrication, so as to minimize the amount of skilled labour needed and allow many people to work on a project simultaneously.
- Gropius's building which now looks not unlike every other modern office building was the first - there was nothing else quite like it at the time. It pioneered the use of glass curtain walling, prefabrication, steel framing.
- We are also confident that through the modern technique of prefabrication, which is already being developed and rapidly organized, the problems related to housing, schools, day-care centers, all these problems, will be solved quickly too. FIDEL ADDRESSES CENTRAL UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
- Prefabrication was the solution for widespread overcrowding.
- For example, most construction work other than prefabrication of building components has to be done at the site where the structure will stand. The Best Overall Jobs Of The Century