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Their sturdy steel frame was constructed on-site and the house was assembled piece-by-piece from a special Lustron Corporation delivery truck. The assembly team, who worked for the local Lustron builder-dealer, followed a special manual from Lustron and were supposed to complete a house in 360 man-hours.
The company's steel was used in the construction of many of the nation's largest and most famed structures. Among major buildings, Bethlehem produced steel for 28 Liberty Street, the Empire State Building, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, and the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City and Merchandise Mart in Chicago.
In 1946, the Great Lakes Steel Corporation claimed "the term 'Quonset,' as applied to builders and building materials, is a trade mark owned by the Great Lakes Steel Corporation." [5] But the word is often used generically. Today similar structures are made by many contractors in countries around the world.
The retail giant, Costco, first tested using metal buildings for its outlets in 1990. The test worked; since then the retailer has used metal buildings for 90% of its warehouse stores. Costco management has said it can build a metal warehouse in 110 days, contrasted with 160 to 180 days for a traditional structure. [7]
The United States used prefabricated housing for troops during the war and for GIs returning home. Prefab classrooms were popular with UK schools increasing their rolls during the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s. Many buildings were designed with a five-ten year life span, but have far exceeded this, with a number surviving today.
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