Recently, we wanted to learn what factors most influence a commercial, government, or institutional customer during challenging economic times. To do so, we called 20 of our previous customers to learn what was most important to them when they made their choice of a contractor on their commercial construction project. The group included schools, healthcare providers, and other commercial and government customers with projects that Ramtech completed within the first six months of 2011. These projects included both permanent and temporary modular buildings of various sizes and complexities. The responses generally revolved around the following areas in order of priority: (more…)
As Ramtech nears completion of the project at Hubbard ISD, we wanted to share with our readers a brief description and some photographs taken recently. The buildings utilize Ramtech’s Accelerated Building System which provides the speed, quality, and flexibility of prefabricated building components combined with the durability of an engineered slab-on-grade concrete foundation. (more…)
An 18,088 square foot middle school facility for the Blue Ridge Independent School District, Blue Ridge, Texas opened the 2011/2012 school year this past Monday (8/29/2011). The building utilizes Ramtech’s Accelerated Building System which provides the speed, quality, and flexibility of prefabricated building components combined with the durability of an engineered slab-on-grade concrete foundation. (more…)
The TASA/TASB Convention on September 29, 2011 will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. Since 1960, the Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) and the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) have partnered to bring school board members and school administrators the state’s premier education-related convention. With more than 6,000 attendees, the TASA/TASB Convention draws attendees from three-quarters of the state’s 1,034 school districts. (more…)
As Ramtech moves ahead with the development of our hybrid construction program joining the Accelerated Building System (ABS) permanent modular building method with other forms of site construction, we took a look back at some previous steel building system and ABS projects to learn how the facilities were performing for three particular clients in the education, healthcare, and commercial environments. (more…)