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Do you think it's practical to ship the pieces from china to the u.s. or europe ?
by ippisl 14y ago
Do you think it's practical to ship the pieces from china to the u.s. or europe ?
- carbocation 14y agoThat is common practice already.
- drawsomethingn 14y agoany links related?
- carbocation 14y agohttp://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch/CN/prefab-shipping-container-homes.html http://www.alibaba.com/countrysearch/CN/prefab-shipping-cont...
- adpowers 14y agoThey are doing that with the Bay Bridge: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.h...
- brudgers 14y agoI worked on a Low Income Housing Tax Credit project where the developer had granite countertops and solid wood cabinets shipped from China for roughly the same cost as standard economy cabinets and commodity laminate countertops. What made it practical was the specifics of LIHTC funding. A significant amount of the funds had to be spent upfront on materials and/or labor or it would have been lost. This made the long lead time beneficial because early stages of construction such as clearing and grubbing are relatively inexpensive whereas finishes are relatively expensive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit