Prefabricated Buildings

Prefabricated buildings where first developed when the industrial revolution brought about large-scale production of iron. It was in 1945 when prefabricated buildings really came in to their own, due to World War 2, and the shortage of labour. Whole buildings where manufactured in factories and then built on site.

Prefabricated buildings make it easier to reach tight building deadlines as all components of the building, the roof, walls floors etc can be made up in a factory and then taken and assembled on site. It also enables a large supply of buildings even when the labour supply is limited.

Prefabricated buildings can be produced out of various types of materials, steel and timber being the 2 main ones. With so many lightweight but strong modern materials now available prefabricated buildings have come a long way from the original ‘prefabs’ that were erected as temporary housing and factories during and immediately after the Second World War.