The fastest and easiest possible way to build anywhere in
the world should, by all means, also apply to "do-it-yourself" construction
(most suitable to rural and developing-country environments).
Which is do-able by relying on a network of existing commercial
outlets selling construction materials and appliances.
Components of simple basic Tronco structures could that way
be supplied on a "pulverized" manner throughout any
given marketplace. It can be done with relatively modest up-front
investments and the flexibility to increase production capacity
on direct proportion with expanding business requirements. What
is more, complementary building materials and appliances may
be available at same existing outlets. Thus, it becomes easy
for an individual buyer to get most items in his/her shopping
list, by stopping at just one place located in the same urban/rural
area where he/she lives.
Furthermore, the possibility of having the system’s tubeforming
machines rotating between several outlets selling construction
materials (home-depots) to produce components ordered and paid
for at each location prior to arrival, should permit to schedule
the machines itineraries (as well as their numbers) in the best
possible manner to keep operations efficient and their cost
under control.
It is important to place this initiative within a very special
context of historical implications. We are witnessing the introduction
of light-gauge steel in low-rise building construction, just
like gypsum board and conventional wood frames were introduced
in America and, by natural extension, elsewhere in the world.
We are referring to a unique opportunity, with immensely large
rewards for those pursuing it successfully.
This is not to suggest that a new market would need to be created,
but that today's conventional construction market share will
be reduced, to the advantage of newcomers. Such process, whereby
conventional construction looses part of its own market share,
has already begun and the numbers achieved over recent years
are there to prove it. |