Lida Group Reaches Major Prefab Housing Milestone

Construction giant Lida Group announced today it has shipped the 1,000th completed standardized prefab home module as part of ongoing disaster relief housing efforts across China. Composed of rigid steel frame sandwich panels assembled off-site in factories, the milestone module departed by truck from Lida’s new manufacturing facility outside Shanghai en route to reconstruction zones in central Hunan province devastated by floods last summer.

The demand for prefabricated housing has grown enormously in the aftermath of frequent natural disasters plaguing China in recent years. Conventional on-site construction has often proven too slow and expensive, leaving many displaced families in temporary shelters for extended periods. Lida Group established their standardized steel panel system as an innovative solution capable of rapidly delivering quality permanent homes at an unprecedented scale.

Prefab Steel Frame Panels

At the core of Lida’s prefabrication technology are structural insulated steel frame panels up to 24 feet wide. Comprised of rigid polyisocyanurate foam board insulated between two layers of hot-dipped galvanized steel, the sandwich construction creates optimal-performing modular building units. Prior to shipment, all windows, doors, electrical, plumbing and finishes are integrated at Lida’s factories.

When trucked flat-packed to disaster sites, the heavy-duty but lightweight panels require minimal equipment to assemble. Bolted together like jigsaw pieces, a small team can construct an entire three-bedroom house in under a week. “The sealed, high-strength steel shell renders our homes resilient against typhoons, earthquakes and flooding for 50 years with zero maintenance burden,” notes Lida Project Director Liu

Mass Prefab Production

Beyond reliability and speed, Lida’s ability to manufacture housing modules on a true mass scale sets its prefab system apart. The company’s six state-of-the-art factories across China can each produce over 1,000 standardized panel homes monthly using advanced automation. To qualify for major disaster reconstruction contracts, sufficient stockpiles must be immediately deployable from existing inventory.

Lida met this challenge, proving pivotal after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake left over 5 million homeless. Having since completed warehouse stockpiles housing over 20,000 modules across quake/flood zones, mobilization time dropped response from months to just weeks. The largest single contract supplied temporary shelter for 150,000 people the first year via modular dormitories, apartments and single-family homes.

Sustainable Communities

As reconstruction expands shelter, Lida’s factory-built homes enable broader revitalization through master-planned communities. By delivering entire neighborhoods simultaneously, they allow optimized infrastructure like public transportation, schools, healthcare and centralized power/water far exceeding piecemeal development.

Communities also utilize on-site solar, rain capture and smart energy systems supported via micro-financing paid back through resulting lower living expenses. A study by Tsinghua University credited such efficiency and self-sufficiency raising quality-of-life indicators more sustainably than typical sprawl patterns in just 3-5 years despite disasters.

Economic Independence

An enormous socio-economic benefit emerges from jump-starting employment via mass prefab housing production locally. New modular factory parks constructed near disaster zones provide manufacturing jobs sourcing local materials to rebuild entire regions. Surrounding communities participate through trades, logistics and shared prosperity revitalizing livelihoods long-term versus temporary relief.

Lida reinvests over 30% of contract budgets training residents modern construction and facilities management as well. Influxes of infrastructure, services and bustling local economies restore self-reliance within recoverable timeframes, avoiding lingering displaced camps common after conventional reconstruction delays.

Summary

By achieving the milestone of 1,000 standardized steel frame prefab homes shipped, Lida Group demonstrates modular construction scaling humanitarian relief worldwide. Fast, durable units supplied through nearby automated factories restore normalcy at speeds traditional methods can’t match.

Beyond shelter alone, factory-built neighborhoods optimize infrastructure supporting thriving, connected livelihoods. Rebuilding entire regions simultaneously through local prefab manufacturing parks revitalizes whole communities economically and socially. If licensed for global deployment, Lida’s mass-producible system could transform post-disaster recovery far into the future.

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