Sponsored by Georgia-Pacific Building Products | By Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP
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Prefabricated construction is advancing in vertical segments from hospital to government, and hospitality to office and beyond. Prefabrication firms are expanding, and new design-build business models, including their own prefabrication factories, are disrupting traditional building approaches with significant success. The benefits of prefabrication, including time savings and improved quality over traditional on-site construction methods, are now being extended to larger components of construction projects including interior and exterior walls and the building envelope. This session will explore how prefabrication can address common issues associated with traditional building envelope construction including weather delays, crew safety, quality control, labor shortages and subcontractor scheduling. We’ll examine how traditional methods of WRB-AB application in prefabrication impact lean manufacturing productivity objectives. We’ll explore the impact integrated sheathing solutions have on prefabrication productivity due to the integration of the WRB-AB during product manufacturing. Because transport and delivery of undamaged prefabricated building envelope panels is a notable challenge, we’ll compare the risks associated with externally applied WRB-ABs and integrated sheathing options.
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Peter J. Arsenault, FAIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is a nationally known architect, consultant, continuing education presenter, and prolific author advancing building performance through better design. www.linkedin.com/in/pjaarch, www.pjaarch.com
Georgia-Pacific Building Products has a legacy of creating strong, durable, sustainable building materials from exterior sheathing products to drywall in walls and ceilings to industry leading roof products and supporting products from lumber to subfloors to fire doors. We help members of the building community build quality commercial and residential construction projects all over the world. GP Building Products is the largest producer of structural wood panels (plywood and OSB) in North America and is a leading producer of gypsum building products, lumber and composite panels.
We support commercial and residential architects, designers, building material dealers, contractors and builders with tools, education and supporting resources that help the building community advance their knowledge, hone their craft, and make the best product decisions for their projects.
Originally published in Architectural Record
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Originally published in March 2019