Utah Passes Bill to Regulate Modular Construction at the State Level
Goals for housing innovation and affordability meet in the Utah's passage of a new bill that establishes a statewide modular construction program
What's Needed to Ensure Modular Construction Companies Succeed?
Factory-built housing is increasingly being hailed as a solution to the housing shortage and affordability crisis, but the companies building those homes are failing
Modular Home Building Pioneer Veev to Shut Down
The Bay Area startup, once valued at $1 billion, lost funding and is now on the verge of closure
UMass Students Create Affordable, Low-Carbon Home
Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's DesignBuild program help address the housing affordability crisis by designing and constructing an energy-efficient modular home
Modular and Panelized Homes Market Share
Demand is rising for modular and panelized construction, but few single-family homes are actually completed using off-site building methods
Off-Site Construction's Role in Providing Affordable Housing
As affordable housing becomes harder to find, off-site construction is gaining traction as a viable alternative
Modular Homes
Four Lessons Van Metre Learned from its First Modular Home
The next step for Van Metre is to build four townhomes together, which will provide a better scale to figure out the cost components.
Modular Homes
Van Metre Unveils Modular Homes
Van Metre debuts POWERhaus, its factory-built, modular home product line
Innovation
Material Issues Spark Interest in Building Innovations
Exploring the use of alternative methods and materials, such as structural insulated panels and modular construction, has been one way some…
Building Technology
Katerra Received $2 Billion in Funding—Why Did It Fail?
Katerra emerged as one of the largest and most funded prefab and industrialized construction companies out there, yet it wasn’t enough to keep the…
Off-Site Construction
This Modular Construction Company Plans to Succeed Where Others Fail
A newly launched Berkshire Hathaway-backed modular construction company says it’s taking a new approach to factory-based construction, and it…
Innovation
This Company Says It Can Produce 1,000 Homes From One Factory
California-based modular building company S2A Modular wants to build hundreds of net-positive energy homes and plans to do it faster than…
Building Technology
Katerra Wants to Disrupt the Construction Industry [VIDEO]
Janet Stephenson, Katerra's head of building platform sales talks about what Katerra is and where it's going
Off-Site Construction
A Look Inside the Google-Backed Modular Home Company Factory OS
According to CNBC, there’s a shortage of roughly 7 million affordable homes for the 11 million low-income families in the U.S. Off-site modular…
Affordability
Production Builders Taking a New Approach to Affordable Housing
Housing starts increased by 7% in 2020 compared to the year prior, but the supply of affordable homes remains low—these two builders are working…
Off-Site Construction
Toronto Builds 100 Apartments in 8 Months for Vulnerable Population
In April, the city of Toronto stepped up to create 100 apartments to house those struggling with homelessness. By this winter, those apartments…
