Prefabricated construction used for
brasilian penitentiary centers

Brazil is a country full of contradictions. Although, it is still considered as a developing country in Europe, the largest nation in South America surprises with an annual economic growth of 4 – 6%, substantial industrial growth rates and more than two million new jobs per year

Brazil has the highest level of industrialization of all economies in Latin America and it has been one of the ten largest economies with a market economy orientation since 1990 [1]. The country continues to develop all the time. The gross domestic product amounts to more than 750,000 million US dollars. 24% of the population are working in agriculture, 56% in the service sector and 20% in industry and the construction sector [2].

The industrial organization of planning and construction processes is an essential factor for increasing the productivity of the present-day construction output....

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