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Skeptical about prefab panels until a warehouse job in Tulsa changed my mind
I always thought prefab concrete panels were for cheap buildouts and nothing else. Then we did a 40,000 square foot warehouse outside Tulsa where the schedule was already three weeks behind. We ordered the panels and they showed up flat on trailers, ready to tip into place. Crew had them set in four days versus the two weeks we estimated for poured walls. The seam quality actually looked cleaner than a lot of site pours I've inspected. Has anyone else had a project where prefab saved the timeline but caused inspection headaches down the road?
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jasonf357d ago
Get your inspector out to the plant before they ship, that saved us a ton of grief on the Tulsa job... they wanted some changes to the sealant detail that would've been a nightmare to fix on site. The schedule win is real, but you gotta build that inspection relationship early or they'll nitpick every seam. Prefab's fine if you treat it like a partnership with the plant, not just a delivery.
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