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Maria Ionescu, Senior Medical Planner, Stantec, shares a tested solution for the overburdened emergency department: Modular hub-and-spoke design.
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Maria Ionescu, Senior Medical Planner, Stantec, shares a tested solution for the overburdened emergency department: Modular hub-and-spoke design.
A fire station in Southern California leveraged prefab, modular construction for faster completion and future reconfiguration.
Virginia recently became the first state to adopt International Code Council/Modular Building Institute off-site construction standards.
With millions of shipping containers lying empty at ports around the world, it may seem like repurposing them to construct buildings would be a clear environmental winner. The reality of building with shipping containers is complicated, though, and in many cases isn’t a net-positive for the environment, critics charge, according to a report by NPR's Chloe Veltman.
Modular building is the growing trend of assembling structures from prefabricated, interchangeable components. After being constructed in a controlled environment away from the building site—such as a factory—the components are then transported to the final location and assembled on-site.
This growing collection of news, trends, case studies, white papers, and innovative projects bring you the latest in modular design and construction.
Prefabrication played a major role in quickening construction.
R&D hubs, modular-built hotels, and an award-winning student center on the August 6 “The Weekly”
Boxyard RTP, made from 38 shipping containers, will serve as a community gathering and social space.
CallisonRTKL and PODS collaborate on repurposed containers for ACFs
Onsite construction was completed in two weeks.
Gensler has been working with component supplier Clark Pacific on several projects.
DOME is a Perkins and Will-designed prototype whose goal is to provide bridge housing to the unsheltered.
The hotel giant has more than 50 projects in the works that incorporate prefab guestrooms or bathrooms.
The state has been pushing for improvements in construction management.
Danny Forster & Architecture designed the building.