Modular Podcasts Integrating Modular & Site-Built Construction The speed, efficiency, and inherently greener qualities of modular construction are hard to beat, leading to more government agencies specifying the use of modular buildings. In fact, the US Army, Coast Guard, Customs & Border Protection, Department of Education Impact Aid, and Bureau of Indian Affairs have all recently given preference to modular construction. Site-built contractors, however, often have the name recognition preferred by the government. In response, modular and site-built contractors alike are asking how these two construction methods can interface. Examples include projects with tight deadlines, those built in secure environments, those where weather may impede construction, and those needing repetitive interior structures. MBI executive director Tom Hardiman moderates an expert panel including Eric Mucklow, AIA, LEED AP, US Army Corps of Engineers; Linc Moss, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Ramtech Building Systems; Wes Carter, director & general manager, federal & military programs, Warrior Group; Don Gravitt, estimating & design manager, Warrior Group; and John Scott, president, Scott Long Construction. Downloading Instructions: While your media player may immediately begin playing a file when clicking an icon below, for the best quality and experience we recommend you first download a file in its entirety before playing. To download, right-click an icon and "Save Target As." Get the Video Podcast Get the Audio Podcast Rethinking Construction Revolutionary thinkers in North American construction are seeing the valuable role of modular buildings. Moderated by Robert Cassidy, editor-in-chief of Building Design + Construction Magazine, a panel of respected construction professionals discusses where the industry is performing well, where it fails to perform, and using modular buildings to improve construction performance overall. Panelists include Kelsey Mullen, LEED AP, director of residential business development at the US Green Building Council; Jon Sader, construction director at actor/activist Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation; and Dr. Mohamed Al-Hussein, PE, associate professor at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Hole School of Construction, University of Alberta. Downloading Instructions: While your media player may immediately begin playing a file when clicking an icon below, for the best quality and experience we recommend you first download a file in its entirety before playing. To download, right-click an icon and "Save Target As." Get the Video Podcast Get the Audio Podcast
Modular Podcasts Integrating Modular & Site-Built Construction The speed, efficiency, and inherently greener qualities of modular construction are hard to beat, leading to more government agencies specifying the use of modular buildings. In fact, the US Army, Coast Guard, Customs & Border Protection, Department of Education Impact Aid, and Bureau of Indian Affairs have all recently given preference to modular construction. Site-built contractors, however, often have the name recognition preferred by the government. In response, modular and site-built contractors alike are asking how these two construction methods can interface. Examples include projects with tight deadlines, those built in secure environments, those where weather may impede construction, and those needing repetitive interior structures. MBI executive director Tom Hardiman moderates an expert panel including Eric Mucklow, AIA, LEED AP, US Army Corps of Engineers; Linc Moss, senior vice president and chief operating officer, Ramtech Building Systems; Wes Carter, director & general manager, federal & military programs, Warrior Group; Don Gravitt, estimating & design manager, Warrior Group; and John Scott, president, Scott Long Construction. Downloading Instructions: While your media player may immediately begin playing a file when clicking an icon below, for the best quality and experience we recommend you first download a file in its entirety before playing. To download, right-click an icon and "Save Target As."