A prefabricated bathroom is hoisted into place as part of Golden Construction’s three-building, 143-unit expansion of the Fair Haven Retirement Community, in Birmingham, Ala. Many of us have ...

For companies ready to make a jump into off-site fabrication and Building Information Modeling (BIM), it may be helpful to understand what’s ahead in your journey: How many FTEs (full-time equivalents ...

Get ready for a surge in prefabrication activity by contractors. FMI, the consulting and investment banking firm, recently polled contractors about how much time they were spending, in craft labor ...

Predictable, flexible, and efficient, prefabrication is quickly becoming an integral part of many construction projects. Though not a one-size-fits-all solution, prefabrication can address a multitude ...

Prefabrication and modular construction have been trending, and according to the pre-COVID Dodge Data & Analytics SmartMarket Report, “Prefabrication and Modular Construction 2020,” prefabrication and ...

There’s a clear trend towards greater adoption of prefabrication in construction, but contractors moving that way should be mindful of the obstacles to marrying manufacturing and construction. That’s ...

Prefabrication has been part of mechanical construction for a long time, but the way it is being approached today looks very different and continues to evolve. What used to be treated as a way to ...

In the late 1960s, Texas general contractor H.B. Zachry Co. built a 500-room, 21-story Hilton hotel in downtown San Antonio for the city's HemisFair global exposition, and ended up creating a ...

Prefabrication in construction is a very broad topic. As such, it covers many different areas. Regardless of how much prefab work you are doing, where you are doing it, or who is doing it, the one ...

This special section explores the latest in prefabrication. It highlights technological advances in residential modular construction, both flat-pack and volumetric. It examines structural innovations, ...

Once synonymous with monotony, “prefabricated” buildings often bring to mind the gray, repetitive housing blocks of the postwar era. But that image no longer fits today’s reality. Powered by digital ...