Building Components are one of the two basic building blocks of the Construction Industry. A building component represents a one square meter section of wall, floor, or ceiling. Building components provide the separation of space into facilities and rooms. Building components have a variable Density which provide a spectrum of options for any construction design.
Building components are generally required in set quantities based on the surface area of the room or facility being built. Since each building component represents a square meter of area, the number of building components used is equal to the surface area.
Because building component usage is static, it is advised to plan on a certain specification of building components for an entire ship to maximize the maximum acceleration of the ship.
Building components can be built as a low density or high density component. Low density building components will take up more volume for the same mass, hence they are lower density over all. These components can be useful when you need extremely high structural integrity or if the metal is difficult to source (More structural integrity per unit of metal).
Think of a low density building component as one used for house framing (studs, joists, etc).
High density building components are designed to use less space, but offer less structural integrity. These components can be useful when material is both strong enough and readily available.
Think of a high density building component as a sheet of metal or a stack of bricks.
The trade off between sourced meterial, volume, and strength allows for a lot of flexibility to make designs that are optimal for a given use case.