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Show 'Modular System' Lowers Home Costs "Modular system," a relatively! new term often used in discussions of home building, means simply j that architects, builders and material mate-rial manufacturers have agreed on standardized measurements in or- der to gain greater production effl-j ciency, explains American Builder magazine. j The basic measurement, or module, is four inches. Under the system, manufacturers make materials ma-terials in dimensions that are multiples mul-tiples of this four-inch unit, and architects design buildings so that the modular-size materials will fit. Primary advantage of the modular modu-lar system, American Builder says, is that it reduces cutting of materials mate-rials on the job. This decreases building costs. j |