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Global growth in prefab

By Dael Climo 1 October 2018, Build 168

Faster construction, standardisation, better quality and lower cost – what’s not to like about prefabrication? As cities struggle to house their populations and people want comfortable energy-efficient homes, prefab is providing solutions around the world.

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Sorting out peak performance

By Verney Ryan 1 August 2014, Build 143, Feature article

A vision of combining off-site construction benefits and a high-performing home led to the trial of a new building system and a new way of delivering to the market. Important lessons were learned along the way.

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Innovation and prefabs

By Pamela Bell 1 February 2012, Build 128

As the construction industry faces the challenges and opportunities in Canterbury and beyond, the prefab sector has been thinking long and hard about innovation’s role in productivity, cost-effectiveness and sustainability.

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Fresh thinking

By Nick Helm 1 August 2014, Build 143, Feature article

The Christchurch rebuild is one of the biggest challenges facing the building industry, yet the devastation has inspired many outside-the-square solutions. Here, we look at a few of them.

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