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Additionally every single new construction I've seen in greater Boston metro area in the past 20 years has not brought in any pre-assembled elements from outside. Just piles of various sizes of lumber and assemble on-site.

(Edit: to be clear this is for residential construction which tend to be small 1-2 story buildings.)



Here's an example of a Boston area builder doing just that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f4nqf_HgnY


Sure but I don't buy it's being done at scale. Even in that video they are mentioning an unusual design as a partial reason for the pre-fabbed elements.




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