{"id":19867,"date":"2018-08-14T17:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=19867"},"modified":"2018-08-14T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T16:11:06","slug":"ihbc-cpd-boost-and-checkup-dbw-on-prefabrication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=19867","title":{"rendered":"IHBC CPD \u2018Boost AND checkup\u2019: DBW on Prefabrication"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"building\"<\/a>With sources such as the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki re-posting from our membership journal \u2013 on post-war mass housing – Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) has offered a briefing on \u2018Prefabrication<\/a>\u2019 that IHBC members can both review as a \u2018CPD boost\u2019 and, where registered on DBW, enhance by shaping the article using their own skills, knowledge and experience.<\/h3>\n
image: DBW (Prefabricated modular construction wembley park)<\/em><\/h6>\n

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DBW writes:<\/p>\n

The term ‘prefabrication’ describes assemblies<\/a> that are manufactured under factory conditions and then transported<\/a> to construction<\/a> sites for incorporation into building or civil engineering<\/a> works\u2026.<\/p>\n

The acute shortage of housing following the second world war led to a boom in\u00a0high-rise<\/a>apartment<\/a>\u00a0blocks, and\u00a0contractors<\/a>\u00a0turned to\u00a0prefabricated<\/a>\u00a0panelised wall and\u00a0floor<\/a>\u00a0system building in an attempt to meet demand. However, the jointing systems used and the failure to hide large joints produced a number of monotonous, ugly developments, often with\u00a0condensation<\/a>\u00a0and other problems. Faults were so numerous that the\u00a0Housing Defects Act 1984<\/a>\u00a0created a scheme to compensate owners who had unwittingly purchased dwellings with\u00a0defects<\/a>. It was estimated that 31,000 owners were eligible under the scheme. See\u00a0Housing Defects Act 1984<\/a>\u00a0for more information\u2026<\/p>\n

.. The handling, transportation, craneage and erection costs of\u00a0prefabrication\u00a0have to be weighed against\u00a0in-situ<\/a>\u00a0alternatives. Economic justification is often dependent on high volume and repetition. This has led to use in applications such as\u00a0residential<\/a>\u00a0blocks, hotels and houses. Architectural success in disguising panel joints has improved public opinion, helping to combat the perception that\u00a0prefabrication\u00a0is ‘unsightly’ or ‘cheap’.<\/p>\n

Visit IHBC\u2019s\u00a0Conservation Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the\u00a0DBW article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With sources such as the IHBC\u2019s Conservation Wiki re-posting from our membership journal \u2013 on post-war mass housing – Designing Buildings Wiki (DBW) has offered a briefing on \u2018Prefabrication\u2019 that IHBC members can both review as a \u2018CPD boost\u2019 and, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19869,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19867\/revisions\/19869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}