The first public version of the International Green Construction Code was made available in March of 2010 and immediately started a firestorm in the Commercial Modular Building Industry. Modular as well as other forms of pre-fab buildings always view new codes and regulations with a wary eye for the simple reason that the framers of these documents never consider alternative forms of construction when authoring new codes. The new IgCC is a perfect example. (more…)
Ramtech has now begun the site work and fabrication for the first of two new permanent modular buildings as part of a multi-stage school construction project for the Blue Ridge Independent School District in Blue Ridge, Texas. (more…)
Most public school districts in Texas are growing in attendance, but their revenue is dropping as property taxes fall and state and federal funding are reduced. While the Texas Association of School Board’s website outlines a number of resources available to fund school construction, many fast-growing Texas districts are forced to make difficult choices. They must increase the number of children in each classroom, shut down some schools while expanding others, or find more cost effective ways to design (more…)
Design-build construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, Texas has announced that they have now begun the site work for the first of three new permanent modular buildings as part of a multi-facility school construction project for the Hubbard Independent School District in Hubbard, Texas. (more…)
The U.S. Army recently occupied the second of a series of permanent modular buildings developed and built by design-build construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, Texas. (more…)