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PREFABRICATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Prefabrication
DEF

... the manufacture of components of a building before its erection, so that only assembly is necessary on the site. It is facilitated by standardization.

CONT

Prefabrication may take place at the building site itself or may be carried out at remote sites ...

CONT

... the method of scheduling and monitoring for industrialized building requires that all trades closely follow the erection sequence and that every trade match the speed of erection.

OBS

The term 'industrialized building' superseded "prefabrication" ... in the 1950's, after prefabricated houses had acquired a poor reputation in the late 1940's because of several unsatisfactory designs, which gave 'prefab' the quality of a term of abuse.

Key term(s)
  • industrialized building method

French

Domaine(s)
  • Préfabrication
DEF

[...] exécution en série, hors chantier ou dans un site spécialement prévu au chantier, d'éléments de construction standardisés. Fabriqués à l'avance, ces éléments sont ensuite assemblés suivant le plan.

DEF

Fabrication préalable, généralement en usine, d'éléments faisant partie d'un ensemble, destinés à être assemblés sur place, c'est-à-dire, en matière de constructions civiles et industrielles, sur le chantier même où l'édification est prévue.

OBS

[...] on a parfois confondu «prefabrication» et «industrialisation» de la construction [...] L'industrialisation se rapporte à la fois à la fabrication, à la manutention et à la mise en œuvre des matériaux, ainsi qu'à l'organisation scientifique des chantiers, au point de vue des programmes, des études préliminaires, de l'ordonnancement [...] La préfabrication apparaît dès lors comme un des moyens techniques [...] qui permettent à l'industrialisation du bâtiment de prendre son essor.

Spanish

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