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 ...

Modular design and construction has been around for decades, yet evaluating its long-term viability for multifamily is complex. Some indicators suggest that modular is steadily gaining traction in the ...

Lad Dawson, the now-retired founder of Guerdon, says the process is faster, cheaper and better than site-built construction. Like any assembly line, he explains, everything is done on ground level and ...

Commercial real estate experts forecast increasing demand for modular construction in the healthcare, industrial, education and multifamily sectors. “If modular goes mainstream, more manufacturing ...

The concept of modular construction may seem foreign to some, but it is gaining traction as a safe and efficient means of building. In fact, COVID accelerated the pace of prefabrication and modular ...

In November, the world got its first glimpse of a modular housing prototype from Skender, a Chicago-based construction firm. The module was remarkably complete. It included a kitchen, a bathroom, a ...

How long does it take to build a high-rise hotel in the middle of Manhattan? Two to three years, maybe? Marriott plans to shrink that schedule to just three months with a new modular construction ...