Scaling Resilient Housing at Neighborhood Level: Precast Concrete vs. Timber Frame: Lessons from 150 to 1,500-Home Communities — Now Coming to the U.S

  • Transfer of European neighborhood-scale industrialized housing experience (150–1,500 homes) to the U.S., grounded in technologically advanced panelized precast concrete prefabrication
  • System- and product-level comparison of precast concrete and traditional timber-frame construction, and why concrete prefab fills a critical gap in the current U.S. prefab ecosystem
  • Analysis of three large-scale residential developments delivered by URBA, with a focus on product performance and construction process
  • Upcoming U.S. precast concrete projects as a real-world test of scalability, resilience, and delivery certainty