Are homes built faster using metal panels?
After the concrete slab is poured, the weather tight shell of a single story ranch style home of about 1500s.f. can be erected by an experienced crew of one lead carpenter and 4 laborers in about 5 days. This would be called the dried-in stage of construction with a water tight roof and all exterior windows and doors installed. The equivalent home built conventionally would take about two to three times longer.
