Ramtech Receives First Place MBI Awards of Distinction Honor at the 2023 World of Modular Convention
Ramtech is proud to announce that we have received a first place Awards of Distinction trophy at the 40th annual Modular Building Institute 2023 World of Modular Conference and Tradeshow held March 29 – April 1 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Over 1,500 attendees gathered at the sold-out conference to network and hear speakers and presenters from across the globe.
Ramtech received our first first-place award in the Relocatable Modular Workforce Housing Under 10,000 Square Feet category for the 6,550 square foot temporary fire crew quarters we built and installed at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma. Designed for living quarters while the base’s existing facility is being remodeled, the temporary nature of the project mandated a limited permanent impact to the site so that the building could be easily disassembled and relocated. The modular building provides for nineteen bedrooms and a private office, men’s and women’s restroom/locker-rooms, a laundry room, janitor’s closets, a complete kitchen, a dining/day room, and physical fitness area. Using a double-loaded corridor layout, a combination of 12′ x 64′ and 12′ x 56′ modules were installed end-to-end, then perpendicularly connected to an off-set wing of 12′ x 62′ modules installed side-by-side. This allowed for the construction of the building utilizing only nine modules with no required site construction.
Ramtech Wins MBI Awards of Distinction First Place Trophy for Temporary Fire Crew Quarters at Vance AFB in Enid, OK.
The Interior wall coverings utilized FRP and VCG with an additional layer of ¼” gypsum between the bedroom walls to reduce sound transmission. Resilient vinyl tile was used in the restrooms, laundry, and kitchen, with carpet tile in the bedrooms and halls, and a poured rubber floor in the fitness room. The ribbed steel exterior features a beige and maroon color scheme to match the Fire Station, with exits leading to fully covered aluminum decks, steps and ramps that connect to the existing building. The shared areas were equipped with ducted, wall-mounted HVAC units with heat strips controlled by zoned thermostats. The individual bedrooms were heated and cooled with PTAC units to allow for rooms to go unconditioned when unoccupied.
Ramtech’s winning projects and all the other 2023 MBI Awards of Distinction entries can be viewed by visiting the Modular Building Institute website at this link.
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Pride Rock. PCA North Dedicates New Ramtech Modular Building
Aerial view of the Ramtech Modular Building at PCA North in Prosper, Texas
On Monday Prestonwood Christian Academy North held a dedication and open house at their new modular building learning cottage, now known as “Pride Rock’. Ramtech recently completed the installation of the 9,856 square foot office and classroom facility which is located on the campus of Prestonwood Baptist Church in the Collin County community of Prosper, Texas.
L-R Dr. Michael Goddard, Greg Wright, Dr. Clarence Williams
As the country’s fastest growing private Christian school, the traditional modular building will add additional facility space to accommodate PCA North’s middle school students. The new facility features administrative office space, a conference room, seven classrooms and a band room, and boys’ and girls’ restrooms. The exterior of the building utilizes a parapet wall design finished with HardiePanel fiber cement vertical siding to blend in with the adjacent existing school and church structures. Ramtech’s scope of work included installation of the building modules, providing for the utility point of connections, the interior finish-out, and the installation of the metal steps, ramps, and decks.
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Ramtech Hits the Road
Ramtech Trade Show and Conference Display
After a summer hiatus Ramtech is now fully back on the fall trade show and conference circuit with three shows in San Antonio. During the last week of September, Ramtech’s Business Development Specialists Sabrina Queen and Jade Pulfer first attended the txED TASA|TASB Convention, the largest public school trade show event in Texas. Ramtech promoted our current portable and traditional modular classroom products, along with our two approaches to permanent modular construction. Next up was the Texas Public Charter Schools Conference at the JW Marriott Hotel where we had the chance to interact with over 1,600 leaders and innovators from the growing public charter school market throughout Texas.
On October 5-7 Ramtech returned to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center to exhibit at the 110th Annual Conference and Exhibition of the Texas Municipal League. Over 2,800 appointed and elected Texas city officials from across the State were in attendance including mayors, council members, city managers, department directors, and other municipal professionals who gathered to network, strategize, and explore educational opportunities. Ramtech was aided in all of these events with our new customizable corporate brochure that we just designed and produced specifically to aid in our modular construction promotional efforts at trade shows and with prospective customers across all of the markets we serve.
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Ramtech Exhibits At The 2022 National Rural Health Association Conference In Albuquerque
Ramtech Displays New BannerStand Design at the 2022 NRHA Conference
Last week Ramtech returned as an exhibitor to the National Rural Health Association’s 45th annual Rural Health Conference which was held at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ramtech, and our relocatable building and permanent modular construction capabilities, were represented by our healthcare sales specialist Jade Pulfer, who debuted one of our new retractable BannerStands at the exhibition. Produced as a set of three stands by The Trade Group, the new BannerStands provide Ramtech with the flexibility of using them in a combination of one or two panels integrated into our existing trade show booths, or as a set to produce a convenient standalone backdrop.
Ramtech’s New Retractable BannerStands
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Governor Greg Abbot Reappoints Ramtech’s Roland Brown to the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council
Vice-President of Design and Development Roland Brown of Ramtech Building Systems
The office of Governor Greg Abbott has announced the reappointment of Ramtech’s Roland Brown to another term on the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council. Roland is one of twelve new and existing member appointments made by Governor Abbot to the 12 member council. Originally appointed by former Governor Rick Perry in October of 2010, Roland will continue to serve as the Presiding Officer of the council which functions as an advisory board for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on issues related to the regulation of the industrialized housing and commercial modular building industries.
Roland has long served as Ramtech’s Vice President of Design and Development, overseeing the architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and civil designs for the relocatable and permanent modular building projects that we develop across multiple industries and uses. He also previously served as the Government Affairs Chairman and President of the Board of Directors of the Modular Building Institute, the international nonprofit trade association that serves the commercial modular construction industry. Roland is a member of the International Code Council where he has been an active advocate for addressing code and compliance issues that affect the commercial modular building industry.
Roland began his career in the modular industry in 1981, and since that time has developed a long track record of creating innovative and unique structural designs which have made significant contributions to the technical evolution of the commercial modular industry. These innovations include Ramtech’s award winning slab-on-grade permanent modular construction process, a grade level approach which allows for modular building sections to be set and attached directly onto a conventional concrete slab foundation.
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