MHProNews has learned from businesswire that the Swedish company, Skanska, took a write down of 630 million krona, about $75.6 million, for third quarter operations in the U. S. The majority of the losses stem from six projects where the client changed the design plans, and lowered productivity. After the …
MHProNews has learned from modularhomecoach that Modular Home Builder is sponsoring the October Builder Breakfast at The Country Cupboard in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Oct. 21 starting at 8:30. The primary speaker will be Steve Kennealy, Massachusetts Director of the Manufactured Buildings Program, Dept. of Public Safety, giving a talk about unqualified …
Modular Home Builder Sponsoring Educational Breakfast Meeting Read More
Coventry based manufacturer Central Site Accommodation is assembling the first modular house in the United Kingdom to be totally 100 percent manufactured offsite, according to what constructionenquirer tells MHProNews. It will be on display Oct. 14 and 15 at the OFFSITE Construction Show at the ExCeL Centre in London. Central …
Galvanized Steel Modular is 1st 100% Off Site Build Read More
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Kim Capen Medville ROC – MH Appreciation and the Senior Community Lifestyle What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News MH Production continues rising. Maryland county shuns sprinklers. Doug Ryan remains oppositional. Clayton adds site-built homes. MHI elects new officers. ELS and Killem …
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At a meeting of the Dorchester County Council in Maryland, discussion focused on opting out of the state’s mandated sprinkler system requirement for new homes. The regulation also covers manufactured homes that relocate, and will need to be retro-fitted with sprinklers, according to what dorchesterbanner tells MHProNews. Adding sprinklers to …
Jeffrey Allen, 67, of Waterford, Maine passed away following a battle with cancer. He transported manufactured and modular homes for many of the New England producers, eventually starting his own company, Northern Home Transport, which he operated until he retired. He also worked for Cianbro, C. N. Brown and PK …
Later this month a developer will break ground on the old Walsenburg High School football field for 28 tiny modular homes, according to what Colorado Public Radio tells MHProNews. Walsenburg Mayor James Eccher played football there years ago and at first could not imagine anyone would want to live in …
Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California is this year’s site for the U. S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) biennial Solar Decathlon 2015 which begins Oct. 8 and runs for ten days. The “competition challenges collegiate teams to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. …
Solar Decathlon Competition opens in California, runs Oct. 8-Oct. 18, 2015 Read More
Inspired by his year-long stint living in a converted 33-square-foot dumpster to create a mobile and affordable solution to the housing crisis, “Professor Dumpster,” Jeff Wilson has devised a modular micro-apartment housing design that slots in and out of a metal apartment framework, and fits on a moving truck bed …
Tiny Apartment Plugs into Framework, Moves to another City’s Framework Read More
A modular home currently under construction at Botetourt Technical Education Center in Roanoke, Virginia may wind up as a Habitat for Humanity home, as Habitat representatives attempt to solidify a partnership with the school, roanoke tells MHPronews. While they have not yet located a lot for the house, this will …
Student Built Modular Home will House Habitat for Humanity Family Read More
Maine Modular Manufacturing Homes owner Scott Gove requested a special exemption building permit for a client couple who want to build a modular home on 2.7 acres of family land in Lincoln County, Maine, but the Edgecomb Planning Board denied the building permit application, according to wiscassetnewspaper. After reviewing the …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com Weathering the Storms: How Manufactured Homes Can Do It Better A Surprising Solution to America’s Quality Affordable Housing Crisis Whispering Pines Manufactured Home Community – Somerset PA, Inside MH Video What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News FHFA to roll out MH …
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MHProNews has learned from businessnews.au that an English company from Bath, UK, ApplyInnovation, will partner with a Perth, Australia contract management group to create the first manufacturing firm dedicated to modular building focusing on residential, student housing, aged care and offices. The joint venture, ApplyModularAustralia, is set to begin production …
UK Firm Collaborating with Western Australian Company to Produce Modular Homes Read More
A large, upscale modular apartment complex may be in the offing just outside Albany, New York, according to what bizjournals tells MHProNews. Planned by Prime Cos., the modules for the 165-unit Hudson Square apartments will be made in Canada instead of in the U. S because of the value of …
High End Modular Apartments Planned for Upstate New York Read More
MHProNews has learned from 24dash in the United Kingdom that low-income housing group Incommunities, in collaboration with construction specialists in the Netherlands, are wrapping up plans to build six modular homes in Manningham, to be sited on part of the Green Lane development property. Six modules will be needed to …
Affordable Modular Units Planned for Old Apartment Building Site Read More
Made from cross-laminated lumber, Belgian firm Skilpod is producing small, modular inexpensive homes specifically designed for those, young and old, who want smaller homes. Designed in partnership with UAU Collective, the homes can be zero energy or energy positive with the use of solar panels, and may be useful for …
Belgium Mini Modular Suitable for Singles or the Elderly Read More
Futuristic housing on Mars, as envisioned by Foster and Partners, would involve parachuting three different types of semi-autonomous robots onto the planet to build a modular housing settlement before the astronauts arrive. As part of a 3D Printed Habitat Challenge, one robot would be pre-programmed for digging, one for melting …
The ARC Centre for Advanced Manufacturing of Prefabricated Housing, based at the University of Melbourne, in Australia has been established to create a $15 billion modular housing sector so that the most advanced manufacturing technology will be used in prefabricated construction. With funding from a research council and industry, the …
Australia Aims to Triple Size of Modular Home Industry Read More
Following a series of posts MHProNews last published Sept. 24, 2015 regarding modular homes for the homeless in Dublin, Ireland, the city council’s head of housing, Dick Brady, has confirmed the selection of sites has begun. With more than 200 homes to be sited, Brady is looking at vacant council-owned …
What’s New in public focused Manufactured HomeLivingNews.com The Kennedy – Model Home Video Tour – New Durham Estates, Westville, IN Jack and Betsy Norman, Whispering Pines 55+ Manufactured Home Community, Somerset, PA What’s New in Manufactured Housing Industry Professional News Justice Dept. settles two MHC discrimination suits. Judge clears path …
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