The Britco Division of WesternOne, Inc. has entered a $100 million agreement to supply a major energy company with modular workforce accommodations in Northern Alberta, Canada. Comprised of over 1,500 rooms, 4-traders.com says the units will be built in Britco’s facilities in British Columbia, Canada. The project will get underway …
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A modular dwelling which sits atop an eight-story building in downtown Hobart, Tasmania, Australia could be re-located in two years to a suburban area, a remote mountaintop or a beachfront. Created by Rosevear Architects and Tasmanian property developer Brett Torossi, each module is 10.5 feet wide X 22 feet long …
The devastating April 17 explosion at the West Fertilizer Co. in West, Texas destroyed the intermediate, high school and parts of the middle school. The West Independent School District (ISD) received $2.75 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to purchase several modular classrooms that will temporarily serve as …
Swedish retailer Ikea has partnered with the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) to develop a shelter now being used in Syrian refugee camps. The modular flatpack shelters, constructed to house up to five people, are made of insulated plastic panels that snap into a metal frame. The units also have …
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Prominent leaders of Myanmar’s (formerly Burma) Buddhist and Muslim communities called for peace between the two religious factions that have been involved in deadly clashes since last year, killing nearly two hundred and displacing 140,000, according to rfa.org. Reports that a Buddhist woman had been assaulted by a Muslim man …
The Evergreen (Washington) Habitat for Humanity has partnered with Evergreen and Mountain View high schools’ Math in Construction classes to construct a 1,100 square foot modular home for a single mother and her two sons. The year-long project marks the 29th home for this chapter of Habitat, as columbian.com informs …
The new classroom at the Willett Early Childhood Center is the eighth modular classroom in Norwood, Massachusetts, spread among four schools. Seven of them are owned by the town, but the newest is a $500-a-month lease. As wickedlocal.com stated, the school will use the classroom as the Willett Early Childhood …
While Fire Station 1 in Napa, California is undergoing a $700,000 seismic upgrade, most of the firefighters have moved to Fire Station 2, doubling up on the accommodations, likely only until the end of the year. The napavalleyregister reports one fire truck remains parked outside Station 1. The firefighters assigned …
The South Pacific Ocean city of Gympie, just north of Brisbane, Australia is home to Gympie’s Wholesale Building Solutions, manufacturer of modular homes using a fire resistant, insulating foam panel. Karra Corbet bought the Australian rights to Polyphen, and on Sept. 8, the first completed modular residence was loaded onto …
Five days after lightning set fire to and closed the main building of the Greater Naples (Fla.) YMCA, including the gymnasium, board members have begun planning for new facilities. Moving fast, YMCA President Paul Thein has arranged for modular buildings to be brought in so many of the classes and …
The Memorial Hospital’s (TMH) Board of Trustees in Craig, Colorado has just approved the site lease for a 5,000 square foot modular dialysis building on hospital land. Sanderling Healthcare of Nashville, Tennessee would lease the land and build and operate the center. Not only would there be eight stations for …
Pine Grove Homes of Pennsylvania was the sole bidder on a two-bedroom modular structure to house emergency medical service personnel to be sited next to a fire station in Boston. The contract for the $49,963 project, awarded last week by selectmen, will be fulfilled by the end of October, 2013, …
Updating a story MHProNews posted Aug. 9, 2013 regarding modular jail cells in Poughkeepsie, New York, a plan by Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro to re-purpose funds budgeted to place prisoners in other county jails for their own modular units has been rejected by the county’s Public Safety committee. Democratic …
Updating a story MHProNews initially developed July, 1, 2013 regarding the siting of the first of five modular homes by Indy Mod Homes in Indianapolis, builder Ursula David, in her first foray into the modular home industry, has moved into the home, according to ibj.com. Sited just northeast of downtown …
RSI’s modular home factory in Mira Loma, California has begun production once again, as pent-up demand, rising home prices, low for sale inventory and the need for affordable housing hits southern CA. Acquiring land during the housing downturn, the company has 100 lots in Orange County, plus numerous in-fill lots …
The nation-wide nonprofit Next Step has assisted over 100 families obtain new, energy-efficient manufactured homes, often replacing energy-sucking, deteriorating factory-built homes from pre HUD-Code days. The organization has partnered with industry giant Clayton Homes to open the door to home ownership of Energy Star qualified dwellings, projecting residents will save …
Lippert Components, Inc. and Kinro, Inc. announce the promotion of Andy Pocock to Vice President of Sales, Specialty and Manufactured Housing Markets for the Elkhart, Indiana-based subsidiaries of Drew Industries, Inc. (NYSE:DW). His eight-year plus stint with the sister companies included roles in suspension and running gear management, and for …
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When classes resume this week in Canada, the winnipegfreepress reports 9,000 school children will be taught in 361 modular classrooms stretching across 32 school divisions. Each unit costs about $130,000, not counting site preparation. Education Minister Nancy Allan says, “These modular classrooms are built incorporating the most current heating, ventilating …
Modular apartment buildings were often the norm in the communist-era of the former East Germany. With a reputation as dreary and shoddy, hundreds of thousands of the less appealing apartments were demolished by the federal government following the re-unification of East and West Germany when communism ended in November, 1989. …
According to the Curry County Assessor in Oregon, 25 to 30 percent of all the housing stock in the county is manufactured housing (MH), and roughly half of those were built before 1980. While the Housing and Urban Development—HUD Code–standards took effect in 1976, minimum regulations that initially covered MH …
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