Modular Construction Articles & AIA Credit
 

        
            
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Search for a keyword with the search engine above to find articles of interest on this page.  For more articles on modular construction, view the archives of Modular Advantage, a joint e-publication between MBI and Building Design + Construction Magazine here.

Articles for AIA/CES Credit 

• Modular Building: A Green Life Cycle
  Modular Advantage, Spring 2012
   

• Durability, Adaptability & Building Service Life Planning as Applied to Modular Construction
  Modular Advantage, Winter 2012
  
   
• Combining Offsite & Site Construction
  Modular Advantage, Spring 2011
  
   
• Does the Offsite Construction Process Equal Green?
  Modular Advantage, Spring 2011
  
   
• Using Offsite Construction to Eliminate Waste in Design Phase
  Modular Advantage, Winter 2011
  
   

Modular Blogs

• Architecture, Development & Modern Methods of Construction
• Design and Build Modular
• ModSpace
• Modular Genius
• M SPACE
• PCL Constructors Inc.
• Ramtech Building Systems
• Silver Creek Industries
• Triumph Modular
• Vanguard Modular Building Systems
• Whitley Manufacturing
   

Other Modular Articles

• MBI Profile
  Construction Today, May 2012
  
   
• Modular Building: An Inherently Greener Construction Process
  Construction Canada, April 2012
  
   
• Construction Officials Pushing for Prefab Revival
  Hartford Business Journal, April 2012
  
   
• Benefits of Modular Construction for the Military
  Institute for Defense and Government Advancement, March 2012
  
   
• Permanent Modular Construction as a Building Solution for Education and Healthcare Facilities
  FacilityManagement, February 2012
  
   
• GreenZone
  Building Design + Construction, December 2011
  
   
• Going to Pieces over Modular Construction
  Buildings, December 2011
  
   
• BD+C's GreenZone Showcases Latest High-Performance Modular Medical Facility
  Building Design + Construction, September 2011
  
   
• Modular Construction Summit Focuses on Innovation, Research and Development
  ICC eNews, August 2011
  
   
• Everything Old has Become New Again: Not Your Grandpa's Prefab!
  McGraw-Hill Construction Market Dynamics, July 2011
  
   
• Five Award-Winning Modular Innovations
  Building Design + Construction, July 2011
  
   
• Squeezing Costs, Builders Take New Look at Prefab
  New York Times, June 2011
  
   
• Prefabrication and Modularization Increase Productivity: New Details Outlined in New McGraw-Hill Construction Report
  imodular, May 2011
  
   
• Utilizing Modular Construction as a Strategy
  FMI Quarterly, Issue 2 2011
  
   
• Soon We May all Live in Prefab High-Rises
  Fast Company, April 2011
  
   
• Sustainable Modular Classrooms
  School Planning & Management, April 2011
  
   
• Owners Call for a New Age of Prefabrication
  Engineering News-Record, April 2011
  
   
• Integrating Permanent Modular and Site-built Construction
  The Construction Specifier, April 2011
  
   
• Modular Design: The Advantages for Contractors
  Commonwealth Contractor, March 2011
  
   
• Modular Structures Helping to Meet LEED Targets
  Journal of Commerce, March 2011
  
   
• Designing Out Waste
  Environmental Design + Construction, March 2011
  
   
• FMI Survey Shows Modular as Growth Opportunity for Construction Industry
  Building Design + Construction, January 2011
  
   
• MBI is the Voice of Commercial Modular Construction
  Construction Digital Magazine, January 2011
  
   
• Modular Construction to Meet Army Needs
  Society of American Military Engineers' Bricks & Clicks Blog, November 2010 
  
   
• Flexibility and Reuse Drive Modular Industry
  Green Building News, October 2010
  
   
• Designing Out Waste: 'Pre-cycling' to Eliminate Waste in Design Phase
  Green Building Journal, October 2010
  
   
• Prefabrication on Leading Edge of Hospital Construction
  Medical Construction & Design, September/October 2010
  
   
• New Construction Trailer Models Coming to Jobsites in Several Shades of 'Green'
  Engineering News-Record, September 2010
  
   
• Clayton Homes to Help in Haiti
  Trading Marketings, August 2010
  
   
• Market Grows for Energy Efficient Construction Trailers
  Daily Commercial News, July 2010
  
   
• Modular Construction-A Greener Way to Build
  Green Building Journal, July 2010
  
   
• The Efficiency of Modular Construction
  Construction Canada, July 2010
  
   
• Reducing Per-Patient Cost with Modular Building
  Healthcare Building Ideas, July 2010
  
   
• 2010 Modular Building Awards
  School Construction News, May/June 2010
  
   
• Harvard Yard Child Care Center: Building of the Week
  American Architects, April 2010
  
   
• The Skyscraper's New Look
  Development, Spring 2010
  
   
• Modular Building Institute and Associated Builders & Contractors Form Alliance for Disaster Relief
  Buildings, March 2010
  
   
• Modular, Precast Gain Popularity
  School Planning & Management, February 2010
  
   
• Voice of the Industry
  Building & Construction Northeast, Spring 2010
  
   
• Saving the Military Time and Money With Modular Construction
  Blog Talk Radio, January 2010
  
   
• Habitat Turns to Modular Construction to Build Home
  Meridian Star, January 2010
  
   
• Perkins+Will Wins 2009 Open Architecture Challenge for Mobile Classroom Design
  Facilities Management, October 2009
  
   
• Modular Construction at UVa Means Faster, Safer, and Greener Buildings
  CBS News 19-Charlottesville, October 2009
  
   
• Modular Building Uses Assembly Line to Increase Efficiency
  Jacksonville Business Journal, October 2009
  
   
• With High-Rise Debut, Modular Construction is Poised for Take-Off
  National Real Estate Investor, September 2009
  
   
• The Advantages of Modular Building Construction
  Religious Product News, September 2009
   

• Rethink Modular: Assessing the Durability and Life Cycle of Modular Construction
  Modular Building Institute, August 2009
  
   
• 'Portable classroom' breaks mold
  TH Online, August 2009
  
   
• Portable Classrooms Get a Makeover
  The Environment Report Radio, June 2009
  
   
• Factory construction cuts building time in half
  Edmonton Journal, June 2009
  
   
• Modular’s Advantages in LEED System
  School Planning & Management, July 2009
  
   
• 2009 Modular Building Awards
  School Construction News, May/June 2009
  
   
• The venerable construction trailer goes green
  Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, March 5, 2009
  
   
• Modular Goes Green—and Greener
  Building Design+Construction, November 2008
  
   
• Modular Building Hitting Green Stride
  Today's Facility Manager, September 2008
  
   
• Builders say going modular is good way to go green
  Boston Herald, November 2008
  
   
• Modular Building Institute Announces 2008 Awards
  Modular Construction News, May 2008
  
   
• Tennessee: Crews begin placing portable classes in Rhea
  Chatanooga Times Free Press
    
   
• The Emerging Role of Portable Classrooms in Sustainable Design
  As seen in School Construction News, May/June 2006