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MODULAR BUILDING UNIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
DEF

A selected unit or module, such as a box or other subcomponent used repeatedly in the aggregate construction.

CONT

mobile homes and modular building units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
OBS

Terme proposé à partir des termes "élément de construction" et "modulaire", relevés dans le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse de 1982.

OBS

"élément complexe de construction" : assemblage élémentaire de matériaux formant un tout (ex. : une poutre à âme composée).

OBS

"élément fonctionnel de construction" : partie constitutive de la construction, plus ou moins complexe, ayant une individualité fonctionnelle propre (ex. : un mur, un plancher, une cloison).

OBS

"coordination modulaire" : coordination dimensionnelle basée sur une modulation des composants d'une construction industrialisée.

Spanish

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