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prefabrication  

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  • With regard to the history of housing, prefabrication may be considered as an invention of 19th century industrialization. It is a way to realize off-site construction of housing, where the parts and components, or entire units, are fabricated in an environmentally controlled factory. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Housing; Prefabrication]

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