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To Remake North Minneapolis, Devean George Swaps Basketball for Buildings

Devean George, former MBA player and president of George Modular Solutions in Minneapolis, MN

He’s lived in Los Angeles, Dallas, and San Francisco (to name a few). He’s delivered championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and made career-defining moves with the Dallas Mavericks and the Golden State Warriors. No matter the wins, the championships, or even the seemingly impossible 3-pointers, Devean George has always returned to where it all started for him: Minneapolis.

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Chelsi Tryon: Making the World a Better Place

Chelsi Tryon, director of ESG at WillScot Mobile Mini

For Chelsi Tryon, Director of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) for WillScot Mobile Mini, nothing is more enjoyable than increasing the
company’s sustainability efforts while simultaneously doing her bit to save the environment.

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Joshua Hart: Pushing Boundaries

Joshua Hart, vice president at Modular Solutions

Joshua Hart, P.E., vice president at Modular
Solutions, can sum up his job responsibilities in one sentence: “I do whatever needs to be done.” Hart thrives on the variety and the opportunity to be involved in every aspect of the company. And it shows! You might say Hart has come full circle.

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Jamie Metzger: From Construction to Apparel and Back Again

Jamie Metzger, designer at Honomobo

Growing up in a blue-collar city like Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, it’s no surprise that Jamie Metzger spent some time working labor jobs on construction sites. It’s one of the most common summer jobs in the city. But that’s probably the last predictable thing about this particular story.

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Victor Masso: Expanding Modular in Puerto Rico

Victor Masso, vice president of 2 Go Storage in Puerto Rico

Victor Masso joined 2 Go Storage, a company started by his grandfather and father, in 2018 to develop a modular building division in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria in 2017. Prior to joining the company, he had worked in the industry for about four years focusing on pharmaceutical, commercial, and government projects.

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Eliyah Ryals: Finding the Perfect Fit

Eliyah Ryals at Panel Built

It’s not common for people to find their perfect career fit straight out of college. It’s even less common to find it in the town you grew up in. But that’s exactly what happened when Eliyah Ryals was told about vacancies at Panel Built and made the decision to apply.

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Through It All, It’s Still About the Workers

Anirban Basu, CEO of Sage Policy Group and Chief Economist of the Modular Building Institute

By February 2024, the number of available, unfilled construction job openings had reached an all-time high. At some point, interest rates will fall, creating another surge in demand for such workers. In short, solving the nation’s skilled worker shortage issue has never been more important.

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Digitalizing Your Products for Seamless Integration into Modular Projects

building digitalization using software from KOPE

KOPE enables products to carry information on product data, drawing templates, links to other products and systems, and the rules on how they should be configured and arranged in projects. We need to get rid of moments where decisions are translated either from one skill set to another and from one file type to another. The data that informs you should also be the data that gets passed along to the next link in the chain.

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How to Fail at Delivering a Modular Project

A set crew places part of a volumetric modular building

Success can involve challenges, but it often provides valuable experiences that can be replicated in future endeavors. Failures can be categorized into two types: those that transform into successes through perseverance, and those that are resolved during the project but serve as valuable lessons to avoid in the future. Here are a few to avoid on your next project:

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