The Elsternwick modular house in Melbourne, Australia was built with a steel frame and structural Insulated Panels by Modscape. The house was completed in just 3 weeks from the time the old house on ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Hailstone is a U.K-based reporter, who covers sustainability. From the heavy use of raw materials to logistics and ...

The concept of modular construction may seem foreign to some, but it is gaining traction as a safe and efficient means of building. In fact, COVID accelerated the pace of prefabrication and modular ...

For the past five years, the construction industry has struggled to keep projects on time and on budget. Every change order can push schedules back by months, even years, leaving developers exposed to ...

Modular and panelized construction is trending up for residential and commercial builds. We talked with three companies seeing increased demand for their products and services. Factory prefab can ...

Modular construction remains a booming trend across the contracting world. Modular design helps solve housing shortages, speeds up construction, and addresses rebuilding work after natural disasters.

Walking down the assembly line as the bell dings, marking a lunch break, Ken Semler points to a man carefully sealing the frame of a house with foam as evidence that this factory can build houses ...

Pre-COVID times, I attended an AEC industry summit in which there was a panel of experts consisting of a property developer, an investment advisor, a real-estate consultant, an architect, and a ...

As every professional in the building industry knows, construction can be a costly and endlessly time-consuming endeavor. Delays are almost more frequent than on-time construction, and can be induced ...

Developers and New York City are building modular homes in factories and propping them up on vacant lots in the outer ...