"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Building your dream home from scratch can be a daunting process. From choosing the tiniest details, like ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. When Minneapolis’ housing authority put out a request to build ...

Modular building, if brought to scale, has the potential to reduce construction costs and make building new homes more affordable, especially in areas experiencing severe affordable housing shortages.

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, the demand for more flexible and efficient hospital infrastructure is on the rise. Modular hospital construction offers a solution to this growing need ...

For decades, modular construction has been touted as the next “revolutionary” wave of construction. Instead of putting together structures on a jobsite, where workers are subject to the vagaries of ...

Urban, market-rate housing that lower-income workers can actually afford is one of our country’s biggest needs. For multifamily designers, this challenge presents several opportunities for creating ...

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Modular construction remains a booming trend across the contracting world. Modular design helps solve housing shortages, speeds up construction, and addresses rebuilding work after natural disasters.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... On a sunny Wednesday morning, a loud horn sounds before a large crane hoists a 25-ton box skyward in Denver’s Sun Valley neighborhood. It then swings it into ...

Patented modular concrete structural system created by Barry Swenson Builder for high-rise residential, office, and medical uses is known for sustainability, cost effectiveness, and structural safety ...

APPLETON, Wis. — Appleton-based Boldt on Thursday announced the launch of Bildt, a modular and prefabrication manufacturer. The company was created in response to interest from facility owners, ...

Brian Ketelhut gets excited when talking about the new prefabricated, modular units his brand is rolling out. “I can’t emphasize enough how cool these things look,” the national director of ...