Modular Construction Industry News

Below is a collection of news articles about modular building trends and projects throughout the United States and Canada. Please contact us if you'd like to contribute to this page or suggest an article.

A Gorgeous Green Modular Home Appears at the World Trade Center
TheDailyGreen.com
June 16, 2010

We've written about modular homes before: they offer a number of benefits, including lower cost, shorter construction times, less disruption to the surrounding landscape, less use of materials and less waste, and they are often easier to supply with standardized and green materials. In this case, the gorgeous modular farmhouse is titled "Home Green Home," and it is a project between Country Living magazine (owned by Hearst, like The Daily Green) and... Read article

Senior’s housing coming to rapid completion
Keremeos Review
June 15, 2010

“This is unlike any other modular housing project ever built in B.C. It just won’t feel like a modular home to the tenant,’ says Scuka “The experience will be much more like living in a site-built home.” Read article


Housing development in Lumby
Castanet.net
June 12, 2010

The Governments of Canada and British Columbia, along with community partners, gathered Saturday to celebrate the construction of Monashee Place, a 16-unit modular housing development for low-income seniors and persons with disabilities. Read article


Modular Success: Home Building
FoxNews
June 16, 2010

Once regarded as cheap and flimsy, modular homes are gaining popularity and are now just as likely to be luxury residences. Built in a warehouse, the homes are constructed in segments on an assembly line, fully insulated and wired before they're shipped to their final destination. Once on site, the homes are set in place and assembled with startling speed, a crane lowering the pieces into place within hours.Only 3 percent of American homes are modular so competition with traditional stick builts is still minimal but the modular industry is building a new image, one experts say is appealing to homeowners who are looking for options in the midst of a tough economy. Read article and watch video


Process still stacks up
San Antonio Expres
June 10, 2010

The modular construction method pioneered by Zachry Construction Corp. at the hotel is in use today at Fort Sam Houston, where construction workers are finishing dormitories that use a similar design. Read article