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Systems Building Theory Application Within The Residential Housing Construction Market, Gary Alexander Newhard May 1986

Systems Building Theory Application Within The Residential Housing Construction Market, Gary Alexander Newhard

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The primary purpose of this report is to introduce the economical value in utilizing certain "systems building" applications. In this report I focus on integrated system methodologies that encourage residential building economy and submit such systems as a viable alternative to traditional labor intensive housing construction. The consumer market that could be particularly enhanced by these systems ranges from low income to middle income and the by-product would be classified as "affordable" housing.

This report focuses on the New Jersey real estate market and presents certain prefabricated housing systems as an economical means of meeting the large demand for residential …