Press Releases

RISE Modular Continues its Upward Trajectory by Welcoming 20-Year Modular Veteran Troy Tiddens to Lead its Design and Modular Project Management Team Tiddens and his team of specialists bring next-level modular design expertise to RISE’s manufacturing process    RISE Modular announced that modular industry veteran and design professional Troy Tiddens has joined the company’s leadership team…

The Modular Building Institute Announces 2022 MBI US & Canadian Foundation Scholarship Winners The MBI US and Canadian Foundations had two recipients of educational scholarships in 2022. Annually, the foundations provide $5000 in scholarships to employees of MBI member companies or employee spouses, children, or grandchildren. The US foundation provides one $2500 scholarship and the…

BMarko Structures Launches Vertically Integrated Apartment Development Division, Villavo, to Attack US Housing Crisis Today, BMarko Structures announced Villavo, a brand-new division bringing large-scale manufacturing, design, construction, and development under the same umbrella to deliver high-quality apartments at massively quicker timeframes all over the US. Manufacturing will be delivered through volumetric construction, which allows for…

RISE Modular and Enterprise Community Partners Break Ground on Mixed-Use, Opportunity Zone Development in North Minneapolis RISE Modular and Enterprise Community Partners celebrated the groundbreaking of Glenwood Apartments, a mixed-use, Opportunity Zone redevelopment featuring 127 apartments, commercial space and community retail. Located in the heart of Minneapolis’ Harrison neighborhood, Glenwood Apartments will offer both market-rate…

DIRTT Welcomes Brad Little as Chief Financial Officer DIRTT a global leader in industrialized construction, is pleased to welcome Brad Little as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective August 23, 2022. Working out of DIRTT’s headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Brad will lead the finance team as DIRTT continues to realign the organization and actively reinvest…

Offsight and ICC NTA, LLC Announce Partnership to Accelerate Off-site Construction Growth by Digitizing Third Party Reporting, Auditing, and Building Code Inspections “Our partnership with Offsight will be a huge value-add for ICC NTA’s clients.” – David Tompos, President of ICC NTA. Offsight, the industry-leading manufacturing project management software for the off-site construction and building…

Modular Building Institute Brings In Anirban Basu as Chief Industry Economist Anirban Basu, Ph.D. is chairman and CEO of Sage Policy Group, an economic consulting firm in Baltimore, MD. The Modular Building Institute (MBI)—the world’s largest trade association for the commercial modular construction industry—is excited to announce that Anirban Basu, chairman and CEO of Baltimore-based…

SG Blocks Enters Into Fabrication Agreement with Moliving for 60 Modular Units in Hudson Valley The contract, which is for approximately $15 million, will send modular units to Moliving’s Hurley House, located in the booming Hudson Valley area SG Blocks, Inc., a leading developer, designer, and fabricator of modular structures, announced today that the Company…

Chris Kuykendall Joins Mule-Hide Products Co. as Fluid-Applied Segment Manager BELOIT, Wisconsin – Chris Kuykendall has joined the product management team at Mule-Hide Products Co. Inc. as Fluid-Applied Segment Manager. In his new role, Kuykendall will provide contractors, specifiers and Mule-Hide Products associates and distributor partners with training, education and other support related to the…

VESTA Modular Grows Into Northern California Through the Acquisition of Performance Modular, Inc. VESTA Modular (“VESTA” or the “Company”), a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC, has completed its fifth acquisition since partnering with Kinderhook in December 2020. On July 8, 2022, VESTA acquired California-based Performance Modular, Inc. (“PMI”), which was founded in 2003 by…