Items Tagged with 'prefabrication'

Rhode Island has adopted several International Code Council and Modular Building Institute standards for off-site construction.

Autodesk, Kreysler & Associates, Factory_OS, MBH Architects and Ecovative have developed an industrialized construction workflow using Forma, Revit and construction cloud to deliver factory-produced apartment modules for a West Oakland affordable housing project.

A different prefabrication and modular construction sector came out of the pandemic. Ambitious startups such as Skender Manufacturing and Katerra folded in the last few years, while one major health care designer lamented an industrywide pullback that saw many of the suppliers they work with cut back on custom, by-project fabrication to standardize on products like headwalls and bathroom pods.

Demands from clients and labor shortages are forcing some contractors into other methods of creating building assemblies, driving new investments in prefabrication and modular construction techniques.

Using a prefabricated mass ply assembly system, California-based developer oWow is reducing waste, labor and time spent on a high-rise.

Lock and Bridge reconstruction is a key component in a $1.4-billion master plan to secure the city’s major drinking water source, improve mobility and reduce flood risks.

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This year’s ENR Global Best Projects awardees, 34 in all, which you can learn about here, involved a lot of big deliveries—although not the kind that come in an Amazon box.

The $616-million neuroscience research building at Washington University will house researchers studying Alzheimer’s and other illnesses.

Preparatory work is underway for a summer installation of a new concourse at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport using prefabrication and modular methods—a first for U.S. airports, say officials.