ABSTRACT

This chapter gives short catalogue-like introductions to a collection of different products currently available from the building industry that can be characterised as integrated product deliveries (IPDs). If integrated product deliveries, as here, are considered to meet more than just technical demands, they should particularly if including exposed/visible parts in the final building also be visually appealing and be able to adapt to different spatial settings. Using the dimensions from the integration taxonomy, such integrated product deliveries will normally present a high preparation level, a high service level, while the standardisation level is kept sufficiently low to offer an adequate range of different configurations. The point is that integration, or reduction of design complexity in focus through the use of products that embed design knowledge and product complexity, cannot just be reduced to a question of prefabrication.