modular construction
How Modular Construction Is Changing Commercial Real Estate
JLL Real Views | May 15, 2019
Regions across the U.S. faced their snowiest, coldest and warmest February in history this year, with volatile weather disrupting the flow of life across the country. That included construction projects. Yet there was one setting where the unpredictable winter didn't slow down work — the vast indoor spaces where firms have increasingly been creating homes, offices and hotels. The method of modular construction — where pieces of buildings are manufactured in one place, and then delivered to construction sites for assembly — has boomed in recent years. The business in the U.S. has doubled in size to US$8 billion over the...
Steel-Framed Modular Construction For High-Rise Hotels: What You Need To Know
Dale Stern | November 29, 2017
By Dale Stern I've spent more than three decades designing and managing the development of high-rise commercial buildings across the U.S., but only recently have I encountered steel-framed modular construction being used to build these types of structures. Although the use of wood-framed modular construction on low-rise buildings has become increasingly common in North America, the modular industry here is still in its infancy. More sophisticated modular products, like steel-framed modular units for high-rises - and the processes behind utilizing them – are still a rarity and have only recently begun to reach our shores from place...
