Los Angeles Fire Victims Turn to Prefab Homes for Quick Builds
- Prefab designers can avoid tight LA construction labor market
- Fire victims could become ‘incredibly significant’ business
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Even as fires continue to burn across Los Angeles, many of those who lost their houses are already making plans to rebuild. To overcome labor shortages and speed up the process, some are turning to prefabricated homes.
“Construction resources will be extremely limited — they’re already constrained,” said Steve Glenn, a Santa Monica resident and founder of Plant Prefab, a company that designs such homes, which are built in sections at a factory rather than being constructed entirely on-site.