Modular Advantage Magazine
In each bi-monthly issue, Modular Advantage explores a specific modular construction topic and features interviews and articles from industry experts along with news and updates from the Modular Building Institute and its members, modular building case studies, and upcoming industry events. This construction trade magazine is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in commercial modular construction.
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From high-end retail to trendy urban developments to critical workforce amenities, shipping containers are being used to create some of the most innovative buildings around. Featuring interviews with some of the industry's leading manufacturers, this issue of Modular Advantage takes a deep dive into the dynamic and quickly-growing world of shipping container structures to see how the industry has evolved and to preview what's next.
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Seeing the Potential for Modular Construction in Colombia
Founded in 1983, Constructora Bolivar specializes in the design, construction, project management, and sales of single family and multi-residential homes across the Colombian social strata. Now it’s laying the groundwork for the country’s modular construction industry.
Modular Building Poised for Takeoff Globally
That modular building hasn’t already gained more U.S. market share is a source of bewilderment to many. Though the technology has been around for more than 70 years, modular building in the U.S. has never gained as solid a foothold as it has in other societies. But it’s time may finally be here.
A New Off-Site Standard in the Works: Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation and MEP Systems
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.
Five Policies States Can Implement to Address Housing Needs
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.
Proposed Davis-Bacon Updates: A Deliberate Attack on the Modular Construction Industry
Modular construction is growing in popularity because it offers several advantages over traditional construction. Here’s how it works.
The Key to Adaptable Smart Buildings is Less Construction, More Assembly
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.
Ralph Tavares: Family, Business, and Beaches
Modular construction is growing in popularity because it offers several advantages over traditional construction. Here’s how it works.
Hacking Construction and Making it Greener at BOXY
Born and raised in Louisiana, young brothers, Mateo and Tiago Atwi, are eager to — as they put it — “hack the construction industry” by overcoming obstacles in creative, non-standard ways in order to achieve surprising results.
Inside-Out Modular Design-Thinking
Modular design-thinking respects that buildings change over time, says Bobby Vance of ModularDesign+. “When I design for modular construction, I design the inside first and then grow that outwards into the overall building.”
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