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Potential Seen for Steel-Framed Houses in Thailand.
Byline: Krissana Parnsoonthorn
Sep. 3--Steel-framed houses are likely to gain acceptance by home-buyers over the next three years, according to industry executives.
The houses would be mass produced to a set quality standard, giving the building industry a boost, said Wikrom Vajragupta, the director of the Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand.
The steel structures are now used locally in large and high-rise buildings, warehouses and factories, not detached houses.
Mr Wikrom said that steel-framed houses were not popular in Thailand now because most consumers and contractors regarded steel as expensive and there were few workers with ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Potential Seen for Steel-Framed Houses in Thailand.