Developers Still Reluctant To Go Whole-Hog With Modular Construction


Developers Still Reluctant To Go Whole-Hog With Modular Construction


As a cost- and time-saving technique, modular construction has long had a great future ahead of it. Arguably, it still does, with off-site manufacturing of essential building components a useful strategy for some projects in a time of projected construction labor shortages and higher material costs.

Yet obstacles remain. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, modular construction suffered from lingering and generally outdated recollections of cheap prefab components or the early days of the mobile home industry, according to builders who use the technique effectively. Then the pandemic hit, knocking the construction industry for a loop, and with it modular construction, especially its use for building hotels...

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RSK: Plenty of pros and cons for modular construction. Just will take the developers and public to accept it for what it is. With all the new tech out there, such as 3D printing coming of age, I am betting it will gain ground. I could see it for a vacation home myself. Also may help the housing situation for homeless, single parents, retirement flats and low income housing. Keep an on this...

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