From the late 1920s he was concerned with social housing, inexpensive production methods, new materials, prefabrication and standardisation.
32.
Riveting, a laborious, highly skilled task, was replaced at the Kaiser shipyards by faster prefabrication techniques during the war.
33.
Tilt-up differs from prefabrication, or plant cast construction, in that all elements are constructed on the job site.
34.
The cast iron detailing of the window surrounds speak to the early pioneer days of the Industrial Revolution and modern prefabrication techniques.
35.
Including the 120 days required for prefabrication before on-site work commences, the sum of time needed is 210 days.
36.
New housing technology such as prefabrication started to be used from the mid-' 50s, and house building rates increased dramatically.
37.
The prefabrication and prestressing of the cables decreased the number of field adjustments required, saving considerable time, effort, and money.
38.
Site-specific innovations in prefabrication and construction methods minimized outdoor work at the site and departed from conventional bridge-building practice.
39.
The method has its disadvantages if used with posts because variations in post width can make the prefabrication of the sliding partitions difficult.
40.
He found a fellow by the name of Hoyt who had invented a laminated prefabrication process that had a very high R factor.
