Unit construction

unit construction

[′yü·nət kən′strək·shən]

(building construction)

An assembly comprising two or more walls, plus floor and ceiling construction, ready for shipping to a building site.

Unit construction

A construction method which includes two or more preassembled walls, together with floor and ceiling construction, ready for shipment to the building site.

modular construction

1. Construction in which a selected unit or module, such as a box or other subcomponent, is used repeatedly in the aggregate construction.

2. A system of construction employing large, prefabricated, mass-produced, partially preassembled sections or modules which are subsequently put together in the field.