Industrialising social facilities with concrete

In the current debate on access to decent housing in Spain and Europe, and also in the South American continent, a sector that has been neglected is beginning to emerge strongly: those who already have a home, but for various reasons, need support to improve it. Often invisible in public policies due to the fact that the delivery of new housing units has been prioritized to solve and reduce the number of families who do not have their own roof, inhabit spaces that do not meet the current minimum standards of habitability, such as thermal comfort, envelopes, or built meters. It is, as some authors have pointed out in recent years, the “dilemma of the homeless”. But today, the challenge lies not only in building more, but also in improving what exists. And in this horizon, industrialization with concrete, particularly the use of prefabricated reinforced concrete, emerges as a powerful alternative and still little used in Spain due to challenges inherent to this technology and the construction industry, such as the little knowledge of its advantages and benefits compared to on-site concrete. among which it considers shorter construction time, greater safety, reduction in construction times, greater control in its design and manufacture, among other factors that compensate for the high initial investment costs. In addition, as it is an alternative that provides a solution to types of housing that exist throughout the country, it becomes an industrialized alternative. Let’s see how to incorporate it into construction and rehabilitation projects of facilities and homes…