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Prefabricated homes are often touted as a solution for producing more homes.
So what role can they have in emergencies, and more broadly, what potential does prefabrication have for the construction sector?
A Huntly-based company building prefab homes has been inundated with orders for houses and smaller emergency accommodation units since the devastating storm.
Kathryn speaks to Builtsmart owner Philip Leather, as well as the 'Queen of Prefab' Amy Marks, vice president of Industrialized Construction at Autodesk in the US who is in New Zealand for the Institute of Building conference.
