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From Ship to Shop: Repurposed for Retail
The utilization of “forgotten corners” in dense, urban locations to create intimate human-scale amenities that provide life and security to the streets has become a model for many other projects currently in the works.
Read MoreAffordable Housing- A Global Issue
Cities around the globe are facing affordable housing shortages – what are the key differences in how they are addressing them?
Read MoreThe Modular Solution to the Construction Labor Shortage
The Modular Solution to the Construction Labor Shortage It is not too difficult to find articles citing the construction industry’s woes over the shortage of available skilled workers. All sorts of initiatives, efforts, and conferences have been held on the topic for the last decade or so in an effort to reach more young people…
Read MoreReinventing Construction: A Route to Higher Productivity
A five-to-tenfold increase in productivity would be possible if construction were to move to a manufacturing-like system of mass production with a much greater degree of standardization and modularization and the bulk of construction work taking place in factories off site.
Read MoreModular Construction to the Rescue!
The Inspira Oncology Center was designed, developed, and constructed in less than a year with modular construction, opening sooner and serving more patients.
Read MoreCarpenter’s Union Embraces Factory Built Housing to Address Labor Needs in Northern California
“We don’t have a labor shortage, we have an opportunity shortage,” said Jay Bradshaw, Director of Organizing for the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council.
Read MorePushing the Boundaries of Perception
A project from Australian MBI member Fleetwood Building Solutions challenges the perceptions of what’s possible through modular construction.
Read MoreModular Media Residence
POSCO helped PyeongChang, Korea prepare for the 2018 Olympic Games with this modular media hotel, completely relocatable after the Games.
Read MoreMaking the Leap : From Traditional General Contractor to Modular Builder
Making the Leap: From Traditional General Contractor to Modular Builder The Modular Building Institute estimates there are about 250 modular manufacturers in North America accounting for slightly more than three percent of all new commercial construction starts. With the construction industry gaining momentum, traditional general contractors (GCs) are not finding the labor needed to meet…
Read MoreMaking Sense of the Affordable Housing Crisis
Making Sense of the Affordable Housing Crisis According to a recent report called “The State of the Nation’s Housing 2018” issued by the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University (JCHS) Homeownership rates among young adults are even lower than in 1988, and the share of cost-burdened renters is significantly higher, with almost half of…
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