Low-cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction Operations
4 4th section

01/05/1976

Project Report

253-page draft report organized in four sections dealing with the following: 1. Construction system – cost estimates for arcades between houses, including analysis of associated works, and daily notes – minutes of meetings; 2. Construction operations – description of the whole construction process and the techniques to be used, illustrated with drawings; 3. Control operations – setting the methods of controlling and distributing materials and tools – including specific forms to be filled out by each family as for material needed and tools to be used; 4. Records regarding availabilit of materials and cost estimates for each material unit. .

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Project 1 Items

Low Cost Houses for Mexicali 1975 to 1977

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

Low Cost Housing, Realized , Construction completed in 1977

A cluster of houses for large families, with a builders yard, built by the families themselves with the help of students from the Universidad Autonoma of Mexico, and a team of builders from the Center for Environmental Structure. Each house ...

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

A New Approach to Design and Construction Management

A new kind of design/construction/management process, especially for large projects, is required, which will allow the building to be conceived, designed and built so that it comes to life. Below are the ground rules of such a process, already tried ...

Low-cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction Operations 4 4th section

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Low-cost Houses for Mexicali: Construction Operations
4 4th section