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Posted by on Nov 11, 2016 in Blog |

High Hopes for Housing Market Under New Administration

High Hopes for Housing Market Under New Administration

In the limited moments that Trump has shared his thoughts on what he would do with the housing market, he stated that one of the big issues facing the housing industry is regulation. In his speech at the National Association of Home Builders’ 2016 Midyear Board of Directors Meeting in Miami, Florida, Trump said, in particular, there is no group regulated harder than the housing industry. Trump said these regulations kill not just the small businesses but jobs in general. Trump shared that he plans to eliminate these regulations and instead implement a method of creating jobs without regulation. Likewise, in an interview with Reuters in May, Trump said he plans to overhaul the controversial Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that was passed in 2010 in response to the crisis. “Dodd-Frank has made it impossible for bankers to function,” said Trump. “It makes it very hard for bankers to loan money for people to create jobs, for people with businesses to create jobs. And that has...

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Posted by on Nov 10, 2016 in Blog |

How To Build a Prefab Home

How To Build a Prefab Home

There are a lot of people, who are willing to know how to build a modular home because of the large scale benefits of owning a modular home. The benefits of modular homes include strong construction, greater overall efficiency, less number of weather delays, reduced construction costs and tight control on quality. People who choose to construct modular homes generally start by making the choice of features and plans for the house and then move on to selecting materials and finishes. The process of building a modular home is streamlined for the sake of saving both money and time. Deciding the features The first step that you need to take in constructing a modular home is deciding on the features of the home and these include style, size, area, budget and other factors that are considered to be very important. Modular Builder in California Your next step is to get hold of a modular builder in your own locality. This modular builder will bear the responsibility of the major...

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Posted by on Nov 3, 2016 in Blog |

Prefab Construction Brings Jobs Back to the U.S.

Prefab Construction Brings Jobs Back to the U.S.

Governor Tom Wolf announced today that Champion Modular, Inc., a custom producer of homes and commercial structures, will purchase and reopen a vacant manufacturing facility in Susquehanna Township, Juniata County, PA and create 246 new jobs. “Champion is not only reopening a site that closed in May 2016 and putting it back to good use, but it also hopes to hire many of workers who lost their jobs when the previous company filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy and ceased operations,” said Governor Wolf. “On behalf of the commonwealth and the local communities affected by this project, I applaud Champion for its decision to expand operations in Juniata County and thank it for its outstanding contribution to the region’s economic well-being.” In order to develop a manufacturing site, as well as a technical center for engineering, design, sales, and support services for the company’s locations in other states, Champion will purchase and renovate a 120,000-square-foot facility previously operated by Innovative Building Systems’ Excel Homes at 10642 South Susquehanna Trail, Liverpool, Juniata...

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Posted by on Oct 24, 2016 in Blog |

Trending – Modular Medical Facilities

Trending – Modular Medical Facilities

In many areas of the country, gone are the days when one had to spend hours in the car traveling to see a medical specialist or sit patiently all night in the emergency room waiting to connect with a doctor. Urgent care centers, walk-in clinics and medical specialty complexes are popping up nationwide, even in retail strip malls. According to a 2016 hospital construction survey by Health Facilities Management, construction of outpatient facilities has significantly increased across the board when compared to 2015. And that growth is expected to continue: 35% and 21% of respondents, respectively, said they had a medical office or an ambulatory care project in the works in the next three years. HFM’s survey also found that construction of ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, immediate care facilities and health system–branded medical clinics and centers have taken off since last year. Retail healthcare clinic growth — such as that offered by CVS, Walgreens or Wal-Mart — is also expected to be robust. According to a December 2015 Accenture report, there should be...

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Posted by on Oct 24, 2016 in Blog |

Hotel Developers Move Towards Prefab Construction

Hotel Developers Move Towards Prefab Construction

PHOENIX—Labor and lending are concerns that have the potential to halt hotel development before it even gets started. At the Lodging Conference in September, developers on the “From the ground up: Dynamics of a new build” panel discussed what it takes to construct a new property in the current cycle and highlighted markets they’re building in. It’s becoming more difficult to find good labor and good lenders, the panelists said, and that has led some developers to be more cautious. Mitch Patel, president and CEO of Vision Hospitality, said construction costs have gone up 10-15% a year. For example, a 100-room Hampton Inn property that was being built at $85 to $90 per square foot in 2009-10 is now costing $130 to $135 per square foot, he said. “What we’ve seen, it’s somewhat stabilized,” he said. “When we say stabilized, it’s still growing at 3%, 5%, 7% … but the numbers are becoming more difficult to justify, and we all know we’re at the tail-end of this cycle, so...

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Posted by on Oct 19, 2016 in Blog |

Prefab Building Meets Increasing Need for Data Centers

Prefab Building Meets Increasing Need for Data Centers

AECOM, an integrated global infrastructure firm, and Project Frog, an innovator in advanced component buildings, are forming a partnership to address the increasing need for data centers. The Rapid Deployment Team will construct modular buildings with the quality and flexibility of traditional construction methods. Project Frog leverages the integration of components from off-site manufacturing that are designed for shipping and rapid on-site installation. The Converge data center kit results in an accelerated construction schedule which materially increases the speed to market of a revenue-producing data center anywhere in the world. For more than 25 years, AECOM has planned, designed, and constructed data centers and mission critical facilities around the world. The company has a deep knowledge of the data center market and expertise in the turnkey provision of data center facilities. AECOM provides solutions that allow simplified installation processes that enable future expansion with cost, time, and maintenance benefits. With customizable solutions for small (1 MW) to large data centers (50+ MW), the AECOM and Project Frog Rapid Deployment Team...

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