Following up on a post from March 22, Daily Commercial News says Canadian modular builder Britco has begun talks with private and public officials to provide temporary modular schools, offices and hospitals following the devastation in northern Japan March11. Vice-president Chris Gardner says people’s needs for food and shelter come …
NewYorkDailyNews says the Nehemiah housing program, shepherded by the East Brooklyn Congregations, is behind the development of 2,219 modular housing units being constructed in East New York, Brooklyn. In partnership with the city and developer The Related Companies LP, the affordable housing is part of a working and middle-class community …
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The Gaylord Herald Times reports that Goodwill Industries of Northern Michigan (GINM) will erect six modular buildings to house 24 self-identifying homeless veterans. With funding from the Veteran’s Administration (VA), a federal home loan and Goodwill, the two single-family modular homes and four duplexes are scheduled for completion by late …
The Scottish Business Insider reports the owner of Powerwall, after many years of testing, has developed lightweight steel frame and walls for building modular homes he intends to market internationally. Taking a page from the mass production of automobiles, Dominic Tedesco says building has changed little since the Roman days, …
Jetson Green reports HGTV has built a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certified modular house, one of only 40 in Colorado, that it plans to give away. The exterior is a combination of brick and thin stone veneers, 50 percent recycled fiber-cement siding, with recycled blown-cellulose. The …
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The Creative Coast reports that the Adaptable System for Universal Living (ASUL) was featured on the cover of the April 2011 issue of Builders News Magazine for its modular designs based on the Midcentury Home steel construction methods of Pierre Koenig. He designed the famed Stahl House in California with …
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From Boston/SF comes word that people traveling to work on busy Route 1 in Saugus, Massachusetts, just north of Boston, may have been surprised returning home to see a house on what was a vacant lot that morning. Westchester Modular Homes of Greater Boston (WMHGB) installed a new 2,900 square …
Gulf Live reports from Ocean Springs, Mississippi that the Cottages at Oak Park, a 29-unit modular housing complex going up near downtown, will feature affordable one, two, and three bedroom homes, some two stories. The energy efficient homes will withstand 145 mile per hour winds, and will have steel roofs …
The Estevan Mercury says a new subdivision being planned to meet the housing needs of Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada, will have a mix of conventional and modular homes in various styles. Located just north of the North Dakota line, the initial phase of the Meadows of Estevan calls for 100 home …
The Bulletin in Kimberley, British Columbia (BC), Canada, reports that six more modular housing units for seniors are coming to the Valley View Lodge to join the 35 units already occupied. Part of a $33 million project by the Mark Creek Lions Housing Society to provide housing for the …
Sun Star Cebu reports from the Philippines that Primary Homes, Inc., is breaking ground for La Guardia Flats 2 (LGF2), its second set of 200 modular units. Usable as either one or two bedroom condos, the development is minutes away from the Asiatown cybergate corridor, a major IT neighborhood in …
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The Narragansett Patch reports that Marilyn and Nick Tassielli were so dismayed by problems encountered with their stick-built home in Avon, Connecticut, they looked for options. Nearing retirement in 1993, they researched modular home-builder Connecticut Valley Homes. Upon realizing the quality of construction involved, they designed their own and moved …
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Dagger News Service from Harford County, Maryland, says students at Harford Technical High School are receiving early training in the modular home industry. After building a home in their construction program, the students received additional training from the Department of Inspections, Licenses and Permits (DILP) sufficient to pass state proficiency …
Benzinga reports that the Katy Independent School District (Katy ISD) in Katy, Texas, is ordering 27 modular buildings to meet enrollment needs in this fast-growing suburb of Houston. Several new nearby housing developments will increase the number of families, so the district advertised for an accelerated solution to obtain classrooms. …
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HQPrinceGeorge reports that Pat Bell, Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation of Canada, is going to focus on lumber and wood product exports on his trip to China. Bell, the George-MacKenzie Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), is particularly interested in exploring opportunities for selling modular housing. Ten thousand people …
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WCFCourier reports from Waterloo, Iowa, that a downtown area first platted in 1854 will be the site of a modular home development. With the exception of two homes across the street built seven years ago, the five new houses will be the first new homes built there in 85 years. …
As a follow-up to a story posted here on March 24 about steel shipping containers transformed into homes by a New York firm, The Providence Journal reports a consortium of government, academia and business elements are combining forces to convert old shipping containers into homes, much like a modular unit. …
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BusinessWire reports that three of the Modular Building Institute’s (MBI) annual World of Modular Conference Achievements of Distinction went to modular builder M Space. Receiving what is considered the top honor in the commercial modular industry, M Space took first place for their two-story New York Federal Aeronautics Administration (FAA) …
American Banking and Market News says ATCO Structures and Logistics has received a contract to provide modular housing, dining and recreational facilities for a 1,500 person workforce for Rio Tinto Alcan, Inc.’s smelter modernization project in Kitimat, BC. The modular units, designed to withstand extreme cold and snow, will be …
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According to MarketWire.com, Calgary, Alberta-based Black Diamond Group will provide modular housing for the third phase of an upscale workforce housing complex for a mineral and exploration project. The second phase is nearly complete for this facility in North Central British Columbia, south of the Yukon Territory. Upon completion of …
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