MBI Helps Shape the Debate at IGCC Hearings
The latest round of the IgCC Code Development Hearings were held in Dallas last week, and by all accounts the modular building industry was able to put forward some convincing arguments to clarify and protect the industry’s members. (more…)
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CII Study Raises the Anchor on Modular Building Construction
It seems modular construction and prefabricated systems are once again in the forefront of the minds of the general construction industry. Right on the heels of the recent comments made at the April meeting of the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) calling for the use of more sophisticated methods of prefabrication and modular construction techniques on large-scale building projects, comes a report from the Construction Industry Institute. (more…)
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Modular Construction Takes Center Stage at CURT Conference
Exactly what does the construction industry at large think of modular construction today? Recent comments made at the spring meeting of the Construction Users Round Table (CURT) in Covington, Ky in April may hold a clue. As reported in an article in the Engineering News Record, the CURT has renewed a call for the use of more sophisticated methods of prefabrication and modular construction techniques. The CURT leadership wants to push designers and contractors to adopt these methods to cut the time and cost of construction as well as to complete projects with fewer workers and a higher degree of safety. (more…)
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Texas IHB Council Sets Date for Adopting 2009 I-Codes
On April 29, 2011 Ramtech’s Roland Brown attended his first meeting of the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council since his re-appointment to the Council by Texas Governor Rick Perry earlier in the month. Along with existing members of the Council, Mr. Brown was joined by new members Doug Robinson of Williams Scotsman, and Scott McDonald, a building official from the city of Amarillo. (more…)
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Modular Buildings Proposed to Help Close Border Security Gap
With the subject of immigration reform and border security continuing to be a top issue in Washington, new legislation has been proposed that once again recognizes the benefits of modular construction and the use of permanent and temporary modular buildings for border security applications. (more…)
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