Modular building solutions are gaining popularity across all property sectors, including multifamily. Modular construction is a process in which components of a building are constructed off-site, ...
NAMPA — As Rick Murdock walked through Autovol Volumetric Modular’s 400,000-square-foot Nampa factory, he pointed out what separates the company from others. Autovol’s CEO and co-founder described how ...
Modular design and construction has been around for decades, yet evaluating its long-term viability for multifamily is complex. Some indicators suggest that modular is steadily gaining traction in the ...
Washington, D.C. — The United States is facing a severe housing affordability crisis, largely due to a lack of supply. A new report from the Center for American Progress examines how modular building, ...
Off-site construction is most apppropriate for buildings with repetition, including schools, housing, hospitals, multifamily residential, hotels and dormitories. Many recent modular buildings are a ...
In November, the world got its first glimpse of a modular housing prototype from Skender, a Chicago-based construction firm. The module was remarkably complete. It included a kitchen, a bathroom, a ...
For decades, modular construction has been touted as the next “revolutionary” wave of construction. Instead of putting together structures on a jobsite, where workers are subject to the vagaries of ...
This year, Philadelphia-based modular manufacturer and construction manager Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) is on track to produce somewhere between 800,000 and 1 million sf of modules for the ...
Modular construction is changing the way the world builds. For residential and commercial projects, modular offers plenty of advantages, from speed, quality control and cost-saving advantages to ...
The word “modular” may conjure images of job-site trailers and portable classrooms. But permanent modular construction is a different animal, one that has benefited considerably from the integration ...
QUINCY — Like a real-life game of Legos, a crane hoisting building blocks into place at 1500 Hancock St. has built Nova Quincy, the newest apartment building to rise over the downtown. The top five ...
Modular buildings are set to arrive for Walney’s new community hub.