Pre-engineered buildings on the rise.

Building Design & Construction,  November, 2002  by Zissman, Mindi

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Commercial modular building design, or factory-built design technology, is a way that architects and building owners are now saving money and completing construction in less time. "In a normal construction project, you can't put the plumbing into the bathroom until the bathroom is installed," says Mike Zimmerman, principal and president of Sudbury-Mass.-based M/E/P engineer Allied Consulting Engineering Services Inc.

"But with factory-built interior spaces, while the construction frame is going up, the factory is making the interior simultaneously." ...

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