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 ...

Modular building systems are buildings that are constructed in sections in a factory before being delivered to a site for assembly. Prefab buildings, modular buildings, modular offices, and ...

Modular construction poses unique challenges for mechanical contractors, making it critical that they engage early in the design process to ensure system reliability.

There is no shortage of developers or builders who have tried prefabrication and now swear against it. I hear more and more, “we tried it and it didn’t work.” Yet, some are achieving huge success. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Covers the future of sustainable, resilient and affordable housing. In the midst of an ongoing housing crisis, more attention is ...

Unlike traditional building methodologies, modular design offers a degree of flexibility, efficiency, and scalability that is rarely paralleled. The true measure of a modular residence's worth lies in ...

The Modular Building Institute recently revealed the winners of its annual Awards of Distinction contest. There were 42 winners in all across six categories: Permanent Modular, Relocatable Modular, ...

When considering the building blocks of your plant, imagine actual building blocks. “The principle of modularity is best explained by Lego building blocks,” said Jakob Dück, global industry segment ...

New York’s modular dream is, albeit in fit and starts, coming true. The increasingly popular process of modular construction involves fabricating structural components — a k a modules — in a factory, ...

Comprising 363 rental apartments ranging from studios to 2 bedrooms, 461 Dean is the first building in the world of its kind. Close to 60% of the tower was prefabricated off-site nearby at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cal Poly's plan to bring around 4,200 new beds to campus to house more of its student population is taking shape. First approved ...