Owning a home is a significant milestone, yet rising construction costs and limited affordable housing options present challenges. Traditional construction methods contribute to high emissions and ...
Urban, market-rate housing that lower-income workers can actually afford is one of our country’s biggest needs. For multifamily designers, this challenge presents several opportunities for creating ...
For years, the U.S. has faced a construction worker shortage and an affordable housing crisis. Now, builders can fast-track projects with modular construction, trimming timelines by up to 50%. WSJ’s ...
The director of government affairs for the Modular Building Institute says the technology can create housing fast—if it can work through its PR problem. Unlike houses built on-site using framed ...
For decades, modular construction has been touted as the next “revolutionary” wave of construction. Instead of putting together structures on a jobsite, where workers are subject to the vagaries of ...
Over 20 years ago, architect Jeff Morrau began designing for modular construction. “In outstate Minnesota, there was a push for Head Start facilities and they were having trouble getting labor. We ...