Prefabrication is LegosR for the plumbing industry. Even your children can understand the process fairly easily: You put together the items you need before you get to the jobsite.
Gary Statdfield understands the process of prefabrication. His Mechanical Inc., owned by the Helm Group, has been doing it since 1968 - and now owns one of the largest prefab shops in the Midwest. The company ranked No. 19 (with $76.93 million in revenues) in the 1998 PM 100.