News About the Commercial Modular Construction Industry INDUSTRY HEADLINES | Spring 2011
Yes, It's Modular: Best Commercial Modular Buildings of 2010
Does the Offsite Construction Process Equal Green? - AIA/CES Credit Available
Combining Offsite and Site Construction - AIA/CES Credit Available
Modular, Green Facility Developed for New Radiation Center at Swedish Medical Center
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Yes, It's Modular: Best Commercial Modular Buildings of 2010 For nearly three decades the Modular Building Institute has hosted the industry's premier awards program, the MBI Awards of Distinction, recognizing the best in commercial modular design and construction. This year’s contest garnered entries with modular buildings as diverse as relocatable schools deployed to Chile after its devastating earthquake in February 2010 to a four-story Medical Education Training Center at Fort Sam Houston that when complete, will be the largest modular project in North America. More
Does the Offsite Construction Process Equal Green? Available for AIA/CES Credit Due to recent advances in technology and consumer awareness, there is a growing acceptance of the environmental advantages of offsite, prefabricated, and modular building systems. Due to the quality-controlled process, modular construction by nature is material and resource-efficient and allows for several green benefits. More
Combining Offsite and Site Construction Available for AIA/CES Credit Due to the process used, the speed, efficiency, and inherently green qualities of permanent modular construction are hard to beat. Despite that, it still remains only 1% of the overall commercial construction market. Site contractors often have the name recognition preferred and many architects, developers, owners and contractors have yet to embrace modular construction. With the recent recession, however, clients’ are having to cut costs at the same time that energy and green building requirements are going up, creating a greater need for alternative construction methods to be implemented. More Modular, Green Facility Developed for New Radiation Treatment Center at Swedish Medical Center Swedish Cancer Institute (SCI) has embarked on a bold approach to rapidly restore community-based radiotherapy cancer treatment in the Ballard community utilizing state-of-the-art building technology that is swift and green. The patented factory fabricated radiotherapy treatment vault and clinic by RAD Technology Medical Systems enabled SCI to cut traditional building schedules in half while constructing a facility in conformance with the USGBC’s LEED certification. More
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