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MBI Helps Kick-Start Stalled Plan Review Process
Modular projects in Washington State had ground to a halt. Plan review lead times began stretching into six, eight, even twelve weeks. “Over the summer of 2021, it was getting even longer than that,” says Alan Rasmussen of Modern Building Systems. “By the fall and winter of 2021, reviews were taking 24 weeks.”
Here’s how MBI was able to get things moving again.
Read MoreModular or Offsite Construction is About the Process First, Product Second, Project Third
If owner/developers start by thinking offsite construction is simply traditional construction with a factory, they have it backwards. Here’s the correct way to start.
Read MoreFaster, Stronger, Smarter: How Permanent Modular Construction Projects Get Built
Much like traditional construction, modular construction projects can take many forms. Hotels, schools, hospitals, restaurants–all of these buildings can be created using modular construction methods. But unlike traditional on-site construction, the designs and plans for modular buildings are finalized well before assembly begins, allowing for an efficient off-site building and delivery process.
Read MoreAdvantages of Digital Prefabrication for the Modern Construction Industry
Digital prefabrication is the cutting-edge of the modern construction industry revolution.
Read More$1 Billion Hits the Streets to Fund Canadian Modular Rapid Housing Initiative
A massive new Canadian initiative to build modular housing.
Read MoreMaking Sense of the Affordable Housing Crisis
The only way to solve the nation’s affordable housing crisis is by use of industrialized construction methods.
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