Prefabricated installation*) units for residential and multi-story buildingsPorschitz, Hans R
1, Schwarz, Bernhard21
PROJECTPrefabricated houses offer very good conditions for construction efficiency due to their high degree of prefabrication
Themargin for decreasing costs, however, is not yet fully utilized
Considerable potentials for cost savings is in the field ofinstallations
The project ‘Installationskern’ marked the first step to explore installation savings in prefabricatedconstruction of residential homes (one-family houses)
Due to the higher requirements in terms of fire resistance andnoise reduction a second project was established to adapt installation units for the use in multi-story buildings
Both projects included the intensive co-operation between the Fachhochschule Ros