[GSBN] Prefab straw bale systems for TLS

[Lance Kairl]

Sorry Chris 

Was  casting  nasturtiums on the wage and employment conditions of
NatureBuilt,

Just highlighting one of the varying cost inputs.

To be paie a living wage for good work well done is so important.

Cheers lance

 

 

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This is the reason I'm keen to do an overview of prefab builders around the
world for TLS... there are so many different approaches and business models.

The great thing about prefab, from my point of view, is that it suits a
model of micro-factories, rather than large centralized production. Built
regionally this way, labour costs would reflect reasonable expectations for
that area without cross "wage zones" and embedding lots of shipping
costs/impacts.

I know that NatureBuilt pays its employees quite well... in keeping with or
better than most people would be getting on a site built job. It's an
important part of a business model that attempts to do the right thing by
the environment and people. 

Keep your eye out for the prefab article in an upcoming TLS issue. Better
subscribe now!

Chris

On 13-10-07 8:56 PM, jfstraube wrote: 

A very wise comment by Lance, IMHO. 

Labor costs, competitive material costs, and competitive wall system costs
all vary widely in my experience.

In the US and Canada, there are projects where $400/sf (!) of wall area are
budgeted, and others were it is tough to get $20.  Labor rates vary from
under $20 to over $60/hr and productivity may vary by a factor of two.

The construction costs in central Stuggart are much much more than downtown
Kansas City (real examples for me), and the costs of housing in San
Francisco/Boston infill has almost nothing to do with suburban New Mexico.

 

 

On 2013-10-07, at 7:44 PM, Lance Kairl wrote:





 

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