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Abstract
This study is to adopt sustainable and cost efficient materials in prefabricated shelters for slum dwellers in the case of Chennai.
Using prefabrication in a project, allows the time spent working on site to be reduced. This means that the impact of the site, on the local environment is for a shorter period of time. Site work is traditionally vulnerable to disruption from extremes of weather. By using prefabrication, the site will be vulnerable for less time and so the risk of delay and requirements for protection will be reduced for a given project.
Some major retail clients are actively targeting continual reduction in the site development time, with an overall reduction of 50% in project time being believed to be a realistic goal, prefabrication is an active part of the process that will help to deliver these savings.