Prefabricated buildings insights
The huts were shipped easily to various locations and used for restrooms, living quarters, hospitals, hangars and mess halls. The metal structures were definitely an improvement over the wooden foundation tent structures that had served those functions. The Quonset huts produced during the war were sold to the general populations for about $1000 each after the war. Since WWII, many companies have produced buildings modeled after Quonset huts for many different uses. Quonset huts provided the foundation for the modern prefabricated steel building of today.