Prefabricated Housing Components

Prefabricated housing components are related components for building houses based on prefabricated elements, covering various types, having unique manufacturing processes, wide application scenarios, and significant advantages.

Diverse Types: Prefabricated housing components include multiple types. Prefabricated panel houses mainly use prefabricated panels as their main components. These panels are factory-made cement elements, available in solid and hollow forms. "Prefabricated houses" mainly come in three forms: steel structure, concrete, and wood.

Manufacturing Process: When making prefabricated panels, a hollow mold is first created using wooden boards. Steel bars are then placed inside the hollow part of the mold, which is subsequently filled with cement. After the cement dries, the wooden boards are knocked off to obtain the prefabricated panel. Modular buildings involve breaking down the structure into independent modules. Elements such as ceilings, walls, and bathroom waterproof layers are manufactured in the factory and then transported to the construction site for assembly.

Wide Application Scenarios: Prefabricated panels have numerous uses. Cement panels covering ditches beside highways and those used as insulation layers on rooftops are all examples of prefabricated panels. The application scenarios of modular buildings are continuously expanding. For instance, in a public housing project in Shenzhen, Guangdong, five residential buildings nearly 100 meters high were assembled from 6,028 concrete modules.

Outstanding Advantages:

• Short Construction Period: The construction period of prefabricated buildings is 30% shorter than that of traditional methods. Modular buildings can reduce the construction period by more than 60% compared to traditional buildings. For example, the completion and delivery time of the aforementioned public housing project was reduced from 2.5 to 3 years to 1 year.
• Energy-saving and Environmentally Friendly: Modular buildings are connected by on-site casting, significantly reducing noise, dust, construction waste, and traffic congestion at the construction site, which are disruptive factors.
• High Adaptability: Mobile houses have the advantage of high adaptability and are favored by the domestic and international construction industries.
• Controllable Quality and Easy Maintenance: Compared with traditional construction techniques, modular buildings have the advantages of controllable quality and easy maintenance.

Good Market Development: In the first four months of 2026, enterprises in the Guangzhou Customs area exported mobile houses worth 1.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.1%. In the same period, mobile houses exported through Shenzhen ports reached 1.68 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.6%. According to market research institution predictions, the global modular building market size will exceed $142.8 billion by 2030.