March 28, 2008 |
Bringing Homebuilding Into Modern Era
Paul Townsend, Contributor
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| PAUL TOWNSEND is president of Sandcastle Group (www.sandcastlegroup.net), a Marshfield, Mass.-based firm specializing in system-built construction for residential, institutional and business clients. |
By Paul Townsend
If I suggested that the next time you buy a new car, your best approach would be to have the manufacturer deliver the components to your driveway and have a crew assemble them there, you’d question my sanity. Yet most home construction occurs just that way, without taking advantage of modern production methods that have benefited nearly every other industry sector. Isn’t it time for home construction to move into the 21st century?
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