Pre-engineered
A building or component that is designed and manufactured in advance, often for specific uses like warehouses or factories.
Pre-engineered buildings are designed and fabricated using standardized components, offering cost-effectiveness and reduced construction time. They are crucial for optimizing production, enhancing flexibility, and ensuring quality control. By providing efficient and adaptable solutions, pre-engineered buildings support rapid deployment, reduce costs, and contribute to successful project delivery by ensuring that structures are robust, compliant with standards, and aligned with design specifications and performance criteria.
Used in a sentence
The pre-engineered steel building was easy to assemble.
Synonyms/variation
Pre-Designed
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