Moving Forward While Taking a Look Back
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…)
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Getting the Most Out of Permanent Modular Construction
Offsite construction, such as permanent modular construction (PMC), has a number of advantages when compared to onsite construction, including speed, lower cost, and higher quality. There are, however, a number of challenges that come with PMC. (more…)
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Permanent Modular Construction: Perception Versus Reality
For years we have heard how advanced the commercial modular industry was in the UK and Europe when compared to the U.S. Sophisticated, high profile permanent modular projects on the other side of the pond seemed to be well publicized and ingrained in the public mindset, while here most people think of most modular construction in the same vein as mobile homes. But it appears that the vision in the UK may not be that much different than ours. (more…)
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Blue Ridge ISD Project Update
Construction activity is progressing smoothly and on schedule for the two permanent modular buildings for the Blue Ridge Independent School District in Blue Ridge, Texas. Both facilities are utilizing 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…)
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Breaking Free: Modular Buildings and Freestanding Emergency Departments
Recent studies show that there has been a steep increase in the number of emergency room patient visits while at the same time a significant decline in the number of available hospital-based emergency departments. To fill this gap, the Washington Post recently reported on the substantial growth in the number of Freestanding Emergency Departments now in use in several states. Over the last five years the number of FEDs now in use in both rural and urban areas has more than doubled according to the American Hospital Association. (more…)
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