Habitat for Humanity Wind River Country in Riverton, Wyoming will receive $15,000 from Wells Fargo to help build a modular home for a single mother and three children. Marking Habitat’s 16th house since 1997, and modeled after a similar program in Loveland, Colorado, the two modules will be constructed primarily …
A 200 (plus)-room pod hotel for Williamsburg in Brooklyn is being planned, and architect Jim Garrison, who designed the modular hurricane-proof lifeguard stations for Rockaway Beach, may utilize modular construction for this project as well. He also designed the modular daycare center for Lehman College, erected in three days, and …
Williams County commissioners in Williston, North Dakota are denying two Conditional Use Permit (CUP) extensions for workforce camps built to service oilfield workers. The extension for Rik Ostert was denied because he did not build a road he agreed to three years ago, and then rented space on his property …
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August 4-10 is being hailed in Washington, D. C. as National Building Systems Week, with demonstrations and model home and factory tours to educate consumers about the merits of off-site built housing. Sponsored by the Building Systems Council (BSC) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the event includes …
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The flooding that ravaged Calgary, Alberta, Canada in late June and early July, 2013 has resulted in a housing shortage that one Alderman is seeking to fill using Katrina Cottages. While relatively inexpensive at $115 a foot, the units are also small and easy to assemble. Alderman Druh Farrell would …
As a result of increased oil and gas and mining projects in Saudi Arabia and the consequent need for modular workforce housing, Red Sea Housing Services Company plans to build a fourth manufacturing facility, this one in the Kingdom. The $22.65 million plant, located in King Abdullah Economic City (KEAC), …
Since 1980 the International Seamen’s Center of Wilmington, NC served its 3,000 officers and crew members from a pre-WWII building on the Port of Wilmington’s property. The facility had become inadequate in providing entertainment, computers, telephones, and other services to its members while their ships were in Port, so the …
Newham in northern United Kingdom has hired architects to develop the first 40 of 2,000 modular homes for public housing that will be rented for 80 percent of the market rate to the private sector over the next five years. “We were looking for a design that was modern and …
The government of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia is seeking proposals to increase the state’s stock of public housing inventory. A report by the state’s Auditor General revealed while NSW has the most extensive supply of housing in Australia, it only has 44 percent of the affordable housing needed, …
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England’s modular builder Easybase Home Limited was founded seven years ago and recently moved with its staff of 18 to a larger facility where it intends to hire up to 300 people over the next 12 months. East Lancashire designer Ian Chew spent two years designing the steel-famed brick-clad semi-detached …
Ghana, in West Africa is beginning a 5,000 modular housing project to provide affordable housing in Sege, in the Dangme East District. Deputy Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, Sampson Ahi says building will begin next month. A Brazilian construction company will install the homes which are being built …
The skyline in Natick, Mass. just west of Boston is being altered by a three-story, 12-unit modular apartment building that will have a stucco siding. The 27 modules were manufactured in an Excel Homes facility in Pennsylvania, and will be assembled in three days, according to metrowestdailynews. The units have …
Sales of factory-built housing are increasing in Manitoba, Canada as first-time buyers and those reaching retirement seek affordable housing. The Modular Housing Association reports annual sales of modulars nearly doubled from 260 units in 2007 to 492 homes in 2012 for the entire province. Sales of manufactured housing through the …
The Portland (Maine) Housing Authority is planning a 42-unit modular apartment building to provide housing for individuals and families who earn between $18,000 and $45,000 a year. With rents ranging from $535 to $1,000 a month, the $7 million project, Bayside Anchor, will be financed with federal tax credits. Projects …
City to Build Modular Multifamily Affordable Housing Read More
The CEO and owner of Harold’s Easy Livin’ Homes in Abingdon, Vir., William Harold Stapleton, 83, passed away at his home July 24, 2013. Called a “Living Legend of the factory-built home industry,” Mr. Stapleton earned numerous awards as the number one dealer of the companies he represented, and always …
The fire department in the west central Texas town of Big Spring was to meet with city staff today to discuss fire codes relating to modular homes made from shipping containers that the city council voted to allow in at their last meeting. As MHProNews has learned from cbs7kosa, the …
Cavco Industries, Inc., will release financials for Q1 of fiscal year 2014 after the close of the market Thurs., Aug 1. 2013. The following day senior management will discuss the results in a live webcast Fri., Aug 2 at 12 noon Eastern time. Interested parties will be able to listen …
Ten years ago architect Stephen Kieran, noting you can drive the least expensive automobile through a thunderstorm at 70 mph and not get a drop of water inside, challenged the home building industry to do as good a job. Martin Holladay of Green Building Advisor says the technology for producing …
Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canadaian developer Kurtis Dmuchowski has received an initial green light to proceed with a modular housing subdivision in which the residents will own the land and the homes, and will have input to a board of directors that makes decisions about the community’s operation. The 56.62 acre site …
Updating a story MHProNews published June 19, 2012 regarding the Broad Group’s plan to build the tallest skyscraper in the world using modular construction, the July 20, 2013 groundbreaking in China’s Hunan Province was a festive affair but short-lived: Local government officials suspended the project allegedly because the Broad Group …
Construction of World’s Tallest Building (Modular) on Hold Read More
