Individuals or families looking for cost-effective and time-efficient alternatives to traditional residential construction can choose between two general categories of prefabricated homes: manufactured homes and […]
Author Archives: Armando Lee
Wood-Plastic Composites: Advantages and Disadvantages
The historic Italian company Covema, which specialized in designing equipment for processing plastic materials, invented and patented the process for creating wood-plastic composites or WPCs […]
Why is Timber More Popular than Concrete in the U.S.
The construction industry in the United States has a gross output of more than 2 trillion dollars and its contribution to the gross domestic product […]
PVC Materials in Construction: Advantages and Disadvantages
PVC or polyvinyl chloride is a high-strength and multipurpose thermoplastic material made of ethylene, which is derived from crude oil or natural gas, and chlorine, […]
Medium-Density Fiberboards: Advantages and Disadvantages
The first mass-produced medium-density fiberboards or MDF were introduced in the United States in 1966. Norbord, previously known as Northwood Panelboard, is often credited with […]
Prefabricated Homes: Advantages and Disadvantages
Medieval Norman poet Robert Wace made the first recorded mention of prefabricated structures in the French magazine Historia 1160 to 1170. He described the transportation […]
Ready-to-Assemble Furniture: Advantages and Disadvantages
Ready-to-assemble furniture or flat-pack furniture is a form of furniture packed and sold in separate components and requires assembly by end-use customers. Flat-pack furnishing products […]
Applications of Chitin and Chitosan
Chitin and chitosan are biological polymers derived from the exoskeletons of arthropods and insects, beaks of birds, internal shells of cephalopods, and the cell walls […]