MBI Seals
MBI's Seals initiative is the modular industry's program dedicated to eliminating barriers to industry growth and is a critical component of MBI's broader Modular Advocacy Program.
Support Our Efforts to Grow & Protect the Industry
MBI's focus is to identify, reduce, and remove barriers while capitalizing on opportunities in key markets.
In recent years, these funds have been used to help defeat the expansion of prevailing wages into modular factories, develop new industry standards in the U.S. and Canada, create new modular-friendly building code language, and to defeat anti-industry legislation and regulations at numerous state, provincial, and federal levels.
We are asking all MBI members support this effort. Manufacturers can purchase one $20 MBI Seal for each new module constructed, while all other companies can make a donation in any amount and elect whether or not to receive an equivalent number of Seals.
Learn More About Government Affairs
Some of the most important work we do involves removing legislative barriers, helping to create industry-friendly codes and regulations, and connecting our members with the governmental agencies that govern their activities.
Learn more about our ongoing efforts here.
Government Affairs Articles
Go beyond our regular updates with these exclusive, in-depth articles detailing MBI's government affairs efforts and the impacts they're having on MBI members and the modular construction industry at-large.
MBI Statement on Sen. Bill Hagerty’s Freedom To Build Act  Â
MBI Statement on Sen. Bill Hagerty’s Freedom To Build Act The Modular Building Institute is proud to offer its strong support for Sen. Bill Hagerty’s (R-TN) Freedom to Build Act. Introduced in March, the Freedom to Build Act addresses several of MBI’s longstanding policy goals by confronting two severe pain points in the modular development process: lack of…
MBI Statement on SB 908 Passing Labor & Industry CommitteeÂ
MBI Statement on SB 908 Passing Labor & Industry Committee Earlier this week, Senate Bill 908, which would expand prevailing wage into modular factories, passed 11-0 out of the Labor & Industry Committee. MBI is disappointed to see unanimous support for a policy that will almost certainly destroy the modular industry’s ability to participate in…
MBI Leads the Charge for Passage of Amendment for New York’s Prevailing Wage Law, Protecting Modular Industry  Â
MBI Leads the Charge for Passage of Amendment for New York’s Prevailing Wage Law, Protecting Modular Industry In December 2025, over MBI’s strenuous objections, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed S.2536a, which expanded the state’s prevailing wage law to cover “off-site custom fabrication.” “Modules” were specifically cited for coverage under prevailing wage law.  After close coordination between MBI, the bill’s sponsor, and Gov. Hochul’s office, the sponsor introduced A.9464, as a “clean-up…