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Benefits
of a Panelized Building Process
A
study conducted by the NAHB in conjunction with the Wood Truss
council of America, found that construction of a 2,600 sq.ft home
with trusses and panels used 26% less lumber, generated 76% less
waste, and was constructed in just 37% of the man hours of a similar,
stick-built home.
There
was a time when building a new home stick by stick on a building lot
was the standard and accepted course of construction. As the home
construction period elapsed, both the builder and buyer hoped the
home could be made weather-tight before the next storm flooded the
interior. The completion date of every home was dependant not only on
the weather but also on a legion of various and diverse
subcontractors, exhibiting differing degrees of expertise. One delay
in this less than certain process could cause a ripple effect through
the remainder of the construction schedule, resulting in delivery and
installation disruptions and a moving target for a completion date.
It doesn’t have to be this way - a panelized building system can
help.
Times
have changed in the residential home building market. More builders
and buyers are recognizing that the old stick-by-stick approach
might not be the most effective homebuilding method.Increasingly,
homes are being erected using a panelized building system; a
construction technique that utilizes advanced technology, quality
materials, and a controlled work environment to build wall panels and
to construct an energy-efficient and durable home in less time.
Today’s
panelized home building systems retain the best aspects of stick
frame construction. They combine time-tested building methods with
modern technology to deliver a well-designed, energy-efficient, and
beautiful new home. While there are several types of panelized
building systems to choose from, each begins by constructing the
home’s essential structural components in a climate- controlled
facility. Skilled craftsmen guide the wall sections from raw
materials to completed panels before carefully loading them onto a
truck for delivery to a home site.
Panelized
construction saves both the builder and buyer time and money with
improved quality, efficiency and control. Since the first builder
realized that using a truss system to better build a complicated
roof, panelized homebuilding methods have become more and more
technologically advanced, leading to a wide array of benefits. While
the term “panelized housing” can refer to any number of
construction styles and techniques, the benefits of building with
panels are universal. From saving time to controlling costs and
quality, reducing construction material waste and more, it’s no
wonder that more and more home builders and buyers are choosing
panelized home construction.
A
New Home in Less Time
Your
new home’s panels can be engineered and fabricated in our
manufacturing plant in just a few days before being shipped
to your home site. Once on site, the shell of a panelized home can be
erected and made weather tight in just a few days! Not only does this
reduced construction time save weeks compared to on-site stick
building, but weather, material delivery and subcontractor scheduling
delays – often unavoidable in stick-built construction – are much
less of a concern for panelized home construction.
Built
Precisely & Efficiently
Each
worker in a panelized facility has been trained to do a particular
carpentry job and through experience, has become an expert in that
specialized aspect of home construction. That expertise, combined
with the precision technology used to produce panelized home
components and uniform quality control supervision simply cannot be
replicated on a job site. These state-of-the-art machines produce
panels that are engineered to the highest quality, ensuring your home
is built precisely square and dimensionally correct without room for
human error. Your home’s panels are built to meet your local
building code before they even leave the facility, no matter if your
area requires special considerations for high winds, floods, or more.
With such a low margin of error and high amount of precision,
panelized homes are known for increased energy efficiency. These
homes are comfortable year round and cost less to heat and cool over
time.
Eliminate
Costly Overruns
When
building a new home, what inflates costs – and infuriates home
buyers – are unforeseen delays and circumstances. Utilizing
panelized construction methods go a long way toward reducing or
outright eliminating some of the costliest delays. With a majority of
a panelized home’s initial construction occurring in a
climate-controlled facility, your new home’s framing materials will
not be subject to weather delays and, due to the speed of assembly,
the exposure to the elements is greatly reduced. Reducing the amount
of on-site labor also reduces a construction project’s reliance on
subcontractors. Depending on your location, finding and scheduling
subcontractors can be time-consuming and costly, with imperfections
resulting from the varying degrees of expertise being applied at
different jobs. Panelized construction allows a builder to better
schedule and coordinate your new home’s completion.
Construction
on Your Schedule
Of
all obstacles home builders face, Mother Nature is often the
harshest. Since your new panelized home is pre-constructed in a
climate-controlled facility, worries of rain, snow, or wind damage
are virtually eliminated. Most panelized homes can be weather- tight
in a matter of days, keeping your home safe and dry, and free of the
warping, mold, mildew, and squeaking that adverse weather may cause.
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