Prefab Walls
Assembling The Excellence
Prefab walls are factory assembled based on your building plans, and enable your construction project to begin regardless of the weather. A prefab wall can be up to10’ (3 m) tall by 40’ (12.2 m) long. Once delivered to the construction site, the prefab walls are installed with a crane. Each prefab wall is ready to receive interior and exterior finishes as well as the floors and the roof, based on specifications. We can create your prefab walls with any of our ICF products.
Benefits
In addition to all the usual benefits of building with Polycrete® ICFs, prefab walls also provide:
Respect for schedules
Superior quality
Trained and qualified employees
Fast
Less loss
Less handling
Optimized installation
Adequate tools
Minimal time on the construction site
Prefab wall components
Your building plan is studied by our professional team to determine the specifications of each prefab wall to be assembled in our factory. Prefab walls can be composed of the following elements, according to specifications :
Polycrete or Flex850 ICFs
Horizontal and vertical rebar
Corner guides for wall angle
Edge connection for straight walls
Interior corner guides for T-shape walls
Openings
False frame for doors and windows
Lintels
Service openings
Preparation for interior finishes
Furring
Electrical channels
Preparation for exterior finishes
Waterproof membrane for foundation walls
Other components based on the chosen siding (offset for masonry, furring, etc.)
Floor anchors
Roof anchors
Building with Prefab Walls
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1. DESIGN & PLANNING
Based on your building plans, workshop plans are made with all necessary specifications and procedures for factory assembly and construction site installation. All activities are managed by a team of professionals to ensure an irreproachable quality.
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2. WALL ASSEMBLY
Walls are assembled at the factory based on the workshop plans determined at the previous step. Our installations are optimized and well equipped for the assembly and storage of the prefab walls. This step is done by a professional team well supervised and trained.
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3. CONSTRUCTION SITE PREPARATION
The excavation and the footing are two major aspects of this step. The construction site also needs to be accessible to the different transporters involved in the following steps.
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4. DELIVERY
The prefab walls are delivered directly from the factory to the construction site according to a pre-determined delivery schedule. Flatbeds are usually used for prefab walls’ transport.
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5. INSTALLATION
When the prefab walls arrive at your site, they are installed by a crane with a lifting beam, in the sequence and place specified by the installation specifications. Each prefab wall comes with transport hooks. Once in place, prefab walls are joined together and aligned via the Polycrete® scaffolding system.
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6. FLOOR STRUCTURE & ROOFING
The floor and roof installation step is the same as if the walls were installed at the construction site. The only difference is that most of the time the floor and roof anchors are already installed on the wall at the factory.
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7. FINISH
Apply finishes or siding on prefab walls the same as on walls built on site. The only difference is that prefab walls can be prepared for the finish in the factory. For example, waterproofing membrane or furring can be installed at the factory.
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8. ENJOY THE FINAL PRODUCT!