From ReporterHerald in north central Colorado MHProNews.com learns the former site of modular home manufacturer Barvista Homes is the new home of PTI Group USA. Taking over a 103,000 square foot building, this producer of modular workforce accommodations for oil field workers is out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, but is …
California’s MyMotherLode informs MHProNews.com an Angels Camp, CA company helped replace a hospital that was destroyed during the May 22, 2011 F5 tornado that hit Joplin, Missouri, killing 161 people. Aspen Street Architects assisted in the design of the 150,000 square foot modular building composed of 224 structural steel components, …
MHProNews.com has learned from 4-Traders Drew Industries. Inc. will release its first quarter 2012 financial results before the market opens Thursday, May 3, 2012. The company will host a conference call that same day at 11 AM to discuss the results. Through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Kinro and Lippert Components, Drew, …
As follow-up to a story we posted Jan. 2, 2012, Stardust Cruisers, the luxury houseboat company in southeastern Kentucky that transformed its production line to build modular homes, has completed its second energy-efficient modular home, utilizing the same material used in making houseboats. Kentucky Highlands Corporation, Kentucky Housing, and the …
MHProNews.com has learned from WHIO-TV in Ohio students at the Upper Valley Career Center in Piqua, in west central Ohio have turned out a number of homes. Their current project is a 1,400 square foot modular home for three developmentally-disabled individuals in Shelby County in Sidney, Ohio. Made in two …
The Diamond Green Apartments being built in Philadelphia near the Temple University campus will be the largest modular project in the city. Built by Mosaic Development Partners, the 92 unit complex will be home to 350 students. The apartments are part of a larger $20 million mixed-use complex with retail …
The Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI)’s “Supplier of the Year” award was presented to NTA, Inc. of Nappanee, Indiana at the MHI National Congress and Expo for Manufactured and Modular Housing in Las Vegas, April 11. Sys-Con tells MHProNews.com NTA has a cadre of engineers, draftsmen, technicians, and consultants who do …
Simcoe reports from north of the border a multi-story modular home comprised of 15 modules, was assembled in one working day in Meaford, Ontario, Canada, north of Toronto. “This one was a particularly large one. We wanted to put something together that shows what is possible with modular homes,” says …
Straightonline from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada tells us the city council is set to vote on a set of two modular three-story housing complexes totalling 12 units, half of which will be for marginalized young women and the other half for older women who it is hoped can mentor the …
The students at Bosworth Academy in Desford, Leicester, England used their math skills to site a modular two-story home on the grounds of the school. Principal of the school, Chris Parkinson, says of the building which will be used in part for vocational training, “The house will be used by …
MHProNews.com has learned from Calgary, Alberta, Canada Okaply Industries has opened a new factory in Calgary. Based in Oka, Quebec, just north of Montreal, Okaply manufactures pre-finished gypsum, MDF, plywood, particleboard, shelving and moulding for the manufactured and modular housing industries. The company services clients in Canada, parts of the …
KRMGRadio says the first modular units for the Red Clay Casino have arrived in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, just southeast of Tulsa. Being developed by the 450 member Kialagee Tribal Town from Wetumpka, OK, the project has become a lightning rod for opponents of the casino, including a state lawsuit to …
At the Modular Building Institute’s (MBI) annual conference in Orlando, Florida last week, the president of Whitley Manufacturing, Simon Dragan, was inducted into the association’s Hall of Fame as part of its World of Modular event. A veteran of the modular industry for over 30 years, Dragan came to the …
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WisconsinRapidsTribune tells MHProNews.com Ferkey Builders has received preliminary approval for a modular home community for people 50 and older in the central Wisconsin town of Saratoga. The 48 homes would each be sited on a half-acre with one bedroom models starting at $100,000. A resident who said the town’s ordinance …
Following up on a story we published Sept. 8, 2011, ReinforcedPlastics says Toronto, Canada-based Innovative Composites International, Inc. (ICI) has completed its Orangeburg, South Carolina plant designed to produce five million square feet of modular homes annually. The 880 square-foot EcoScape homes, a modular unit especially designed for affordable housing …
ATCO Structures and Logistics of Alberta, Canada, is opening its third plant in the U.S., a 200,000 square foot facility in Pocatello, Idaho to meet growing demands for its modular buildings, according to IndustryWeek. Over 150 plumbers, electricians, and carpenters, plus office staff and additional production workers will be employed …
Mashable tells MHProNews.com the future of urban architecture will be the development of sustainable, modular, and immediate construction utilizing a contour crafting machine that can crank out one square foot of a cement compound in 20 seconds. University of Southern California Professor Berokh Khoshnevis, director of the Center for Rapid …
An item on the Avalon Homes blog points out the fact that modular homes contain thirty percent more wood than site-built homes. Of all the wood homes produced, the company says modular homes are the strongest. Because they have to be built for transportation, additional measures are taken to stablize …
From DelmarvaNow.com and Virginia, MHProNews.com learns that homes conceived there are finding welcome occupants in Haiti. Known as the Shelter 2.0 project three 10-by-14 foot wooden shelters were recently assembled in three days, using only a wrench and a cordless drill. The third was assembled in just five hours, including …
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Devereaux Homes and Developments in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada is busy assembling multi-unit modular apartments at Sky Harbour Estates. CEO Denis Jones says while single-family and two story modular building has been around a long time, it’s only recently the technology has been applied to multi-unit developments. Upon completion, Sky Harbour …
