A Faster, Cheaper, Greener Approach to Healthcare Facilities
Public healthcare facilities throughout the state of Texas, and the Southwest United States as a whole, have a unique challenge on their hands. While the area continues to be the fastest growing region in the country, public funding is consistently being reduced. One solution that has served many healthcare providers well is the choice to work with Ramtech Modular Building Systems. Not only is Ramtech’s approach 25 – 50% faster than site-built construction, it is also significantly less expensive (more…)
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Lean Construction Driving the Move to Modular
We have written recently about how the general construction industry is pushing for, and has moved towards a greater degree of integration with prefabrication and modular construction. Further evidence of this is contained in a new report from the McGraw-Hill construction group titled Prefabrication and Modularization: Increasing Productivity in the Construction Industry. The theme of the report is focused on the “trend to and re-emergence of prefab and modular“ through the use of BIM and green building, but the report also goes into another area of particular interest to the modular building industry, Lean Construction. (more…)
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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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Commercial Modular Construction: How Best to Protect the Owner
As the economy improves and commercial construction expands, it is critical that owners are careful with their selection of both design professionals and contractors. According to BizMiner, less than 70% of the contractors in business in 2007 were still in business in 2010. To make matters worse, many of those surviving contractors are not financially sound. As a means of lowering operating costs, many contractors have reduced their insurance coverage, cut back on safety and quality procedures, and trimmed down employee benefits. Due to the decline in the financial strength of most contractors, surety companies have tightened their bonding requirements, thus making it difficult or impossible for some contractors to obtain bonding. If a contractor cannot bond a project, this should send a serious message to the owner! (more…)
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