RepublicanHerald reports from Pine Grove, Pennsylvania, that modular home manufacturer Manorwood Homes, Inc., is shutting its doors permanently following the devastating floods in early September from Tropical Storm Irene. A modular home builder for 16 years here in east central PA, 100 people lost their jobs. Manorwood manager Wayne Morris …
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MarketWatch reports Champion Commercial Structures, a division of Champion Homes, is teaming up with USModular to engage in multifamily construction projects. The pairing will bring Champion’s modular production process together with USModular’s general contacting experience. Dan McMurtrie, corporate development vice president with Champion, says, “”Our partnership with US Modular allows …
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BloombergBusinessWeek reports Honolulu City Councilman Tom Berg has proposed building modular housing on agricultural lands in Oahu as a means to meet the demand for affordable housing. He suggests allowing the homes to remain there for up to five years, and that the cost of leasing would be similar to …
Financial News Service ranks Universal Forest Products, Inc., (NASDAQ:UFPI) number one in sales per share (SPS) at $92.83 in the Building Products Industry. Universal supplies lumber products to the manufactured and modular housing industry, as well as to lumberyards and other builders. The stock outperformed both the Dow and the …
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WSILTV in Pinckneyville, Illinois, reports 300 volunteers turned out at Contempri Industries, Inc. in Pinckneyville to help build a modular house for Joplin, Missouri, residents devastated by the May 22 EF-5 tornado that destroyed 7,000 homes. Some of the workers came up from Joplin to lend a hand. Part of …
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RVBusiness says the Vancouver Sun reports a new community of factory-built micro cottages is being developed at Port Renfrew, British Columbia, in Canada. The first 40 unit phase of the Wild Coast Cottages Oceanside, each 400 square feet, is nearly sold out. The second, Water’s Edge at Wild Coast Cottages, …
The Seattle Times reports longtime Seattle architect Gordon Walker’s contemporary modular home on Orcas Island arrived on two flatbed trucks, one carrying the steel frame, the other the side panels. The home was assembled in seven days. A practicing architect for 49 years, he says, “I can’t find anything in …
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ArgusLeader reports modular producer Builders Choice will open in Vermillion, South Dakota, later this month adding 30 jobs initially, with expectations to double that number by year’s end 2012. Company president Mark Larson says this site was chosen for the available labor, central location, and access to transportation. The Anchorage-based …
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DailyItem reports from Pennsylvania that two modular home builders, Integrity Building Systems Inc., of Milton, and Icon Legacy Custom Modular Homes LLC, of Selinsgrove, have agreed to merge operations by year’s end. Icon Legacy, owned by Don Stimley, has been in business four years in Selinsgrove. Stimley will lead the …
MountainXpress reports that students from Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A B Tech) in Asheville, North Carolina, have built a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certified house that they are selling to raise money for the school. The 280 square foot modular home, from the school’s Construction Management and …
Reuters reports the U.S. Energy Department’s Solar Decathlon competition resulted in an array of modular homes built by collegiate design teams from across the globe. The homes have to be between 600 and 1000 square feet, no taller than 18 feet, and solar powered. The CHIP (compact hyper-insulated prototype) House, …
Humans Invent reports that architect David Morton, of the UK, took his inspiration for building modular housing from his love of the Mini Cooper automobile, which was originally built in response to the Suez Oil Crisis of 1956, and the subsequent oil shortage. His BoKlok UK modular houses respond to …
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The Dagger Press reports from Aberdeen, Maryland, that Bruce E. Garner will seek re-election to the Aberdeen City Council in the municipal election balloting in November. A 35-year veteran of the manufactured housing industry, Garner served ten years as general manager for a large manufactured home retailer in the northeast, …
The New York Times reports when Pilar Proffitt and Robert Bristow received estimates of nearly $1 million for building a home for their family of five in rural Connecticut, they opted instead for a customized modular home that fit in with the dairy farm surroundings, and cost under $500k. The …
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Following up on a prior story about building inexpensive homes for the multitude of poor people across the globe, Eco-Business notes the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) grad student Ying chee Chui’s modular design incorporates hollow brick walls, reinforcing steel bars, wooden box beams, and includes a central courtyard within …
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Earth Techling reports that one of the entries in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon 2011 is an E-Cube from Ghent University in Belgium. It is designed for people with limited construction experience who want highly efficient, modular homes that they can assemble themselves. Low on gadgetry, and made …
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The Journal of Commerce in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada reports the largest modular housing project for seniors in B.C. officially opened as the result of the Senior’s Rental Housing (SRH) program. The 36-unit Baker Gardens will also provide housing for persons with disabilities, and will be managed by Kootenays, a …
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The Staten Island Advance reports the multi-story modular apartment building being assembled in Tompkinsville, New York, is attracting quite a bit of attention. Funded with a mix of government subsidies and private investment, the project will be managed by the Community Agency for Senior Citizens (CASC). A collaboration of the …
PRNewswire states that global tax services provider Ryan reports Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Walker signed the Assembly 40 budget bill that will change certain tax laws. Included is a provision that specifically exempts manufactured and modular housing from sales tax when it is sold in Wisconsin but used beyond state borders. …
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