Engineers have calculated the potential cost savings for builders who opt for modular construction techniques to avoid lengthy and expensive holdups caused by poor weather. Rising material prices ...

A new three-story building was erected in less than a day. The modular apartment building is a pilot program for Assembly OSM, a startup that hopes to perfect a high rise modular construction ...

Prefabricated and modular construction are increasingly popular for affordable and below market-rate housing developers in the Bay Area, as rising construction costs make it difficult to build ...

The rectangular-shaped “modular units” were set down on a 31,000-square-foot construction site with plans to join them together to build an apartment building for people who are currently ...

Labor Efficiency: Up to 80% of traditional labor activity can be shifted offsite to manufacturing facilities in modular builds, addressing the challenge of scarce construction labor and ...

Draper is the founder and CEO of a Boise company called Mountain Modular. The startup builds sturdy, steel-framed homes in its two warehouses that it can truck and lift into Treasure Valley ...

Engineers from Aston University, Birmingham, and the University of South Australia (UniSA) have calculated the potential cost savings for builders using modular production techniques where much of ...