Description
This book is a hands-on, practical, and scalable guide to prefabrication. It applies if you are starting from ground zero, or if you are at the 3% mark and trying to get to 50%. The book is not about “benchmarking” or “best practices”; it is grounded in the reality of what other industrialized industries have passed through, which will happen in construction sooner or later. We can learn from history and the science of work (Industrial Engineering), to move faster and with fewer mistakes, rather just comparing to the status quo of “best practices” in today’s construction environment.
Maximum prefab requires a culture of prefab, by understanding the true benefits of prefab which are way beyond saving “hours”. Benefits include risk reduction, increased reliability and predictability of the outcome; reduced uncertainties from the jobsite, an opportunity to train manpower in a controlled environment. Monetarily, the benefits are best quantified as composite rate savings, which reflects a better managed crew ratio and overall productivity improvement.
Paperback: 230 Pages
Format: 8.5″ x 11″
Publisher: MCA Inc.
ISBN: 9781097480340
©. 2019 Dr. Perry Daneshgari & Dr. Heather Moore
Book Reviews:
Lisa – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars What a great book!
March 27, 2025
This book has so much helpful information on how to save costs by having prefab. There are many examples of how companies have incorporated a prefab culture in the business, and they have learned it saves time and manpower. I think every company would find value in using this handbook to become more efficient.
Sydney – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars A Practical Guide That Helped Us Transform Our Prefab Strategy
June 7, 2025
This book was a turning point in how I approach prefabrication. I had a general understanding of prefab, but Prefabrication Handbook for the Construction Industry gave me the structure and tools to actually implement it in a meaningful way.
What stood out was the focus on Externalizing Work®—not just as a labor shift, but as a mindset. It helped me see how planning earlier and moving work off-site in a controlled way can dramatically reduce chaos and rework. The connection to Agile Construction® principles made it even more actionable, giving us a framework to track and improve prefab outcomes.
Unlike other books, this one doesn’t stay in the theoretical—it addresses real-world issues like sequencing, coordination between field and shop, and how to build trust around new processes. Since applying some of the strategies, we’ve already seen better material control and fewer surprises on-site.
If you’re trying to scale prefabrication in a serious, sustainable way—this is the book you want.
Mitchell – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read to Improve Our Prefab
July 10, 2024
My company has been trying to increase the amount of prefab we do on jobs, but we didn’t know where to start. This book had everything we needed, from layout and templates, to labeling parts. We’ve started rolling out some of the suggestions the book gives for our own processes and have already seen improvement. I’d highly recommend this book to anyone trying to get into or improve prefab on their jobs.
Alexander – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a great resource on Prefab!
March 10, 2025
This book is such a great resource to anyone looking to streamline or simplify their work. The chapter on measuring prefab really resonated. It’s emphasis on the separation of labor into preparation, installation, and clean-up really illustrated how by doing so you can better manage the measurement and productivity of your work. Highly recommended to anyone looking to improve their efficiency.
Alissa – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars Prefab is a Culture
November 12, 2024
This book really changed my perspective about prefab. Prefab should be used within your company for improvement, not just to meet certain standards. The author illustrates this through the concept of prefab becoming a culture within a business. This culture helps reduce your company’s risk while increasing monetary benefit. If your company struggles with maximizing prefab, reading this book should be your first step in improvement.
MCassidy08 – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars Prefabrication = Success
July 21, 2024
This book is a great guide for anyone in the industry looking to save time and manpower with prefab. The book offers helpful templates, forms, and layouts for starting or expanding prefabrication. Highly recommend!
Reader – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars Prefab is a MUST!
December 23, 2024
You can save a ton of money and time by making use of prefabrication. This book will help you do it!
Amazon Customer – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars Great Guide for Prefabrication
August 5, 2024
If you have heard of prefab but not sure how to get started this is the book for you. Or maybe you do some prefab but not sure how to expand. This book will walk through the process of prefab, from design, layout in a shop, order forms for the field guys, to tracking it. It truly is an overall prefab handbook.
Easy read as well.
Matt – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars Very Useful Book
August 2, 2025
Very thorough guide to prefab. It’s well organized and easy to understand. We have already started working on some of the processes to increase the amount of prefab we are doing at our company. The templates that they provide have been very helpful as well. It saved a lot of time from having to create our own.
Cyrus Sanders – ★★★★★ 5.0 out of 5 stars Necessary for any Construction Company
August 30, 2024
It has been a few months since we started some of the teachings from the Prefab handbook, and my only regret is not getting on board sooner. The handbook is helpful for beginners and professionals with years of experience alike. It is a must-have reference for any construction company, hands down.
