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
Clayton Launches 3D Experience Showcasing Off-Site Construction
Unbuilt, Interactive Facility Tour gives prefab homebuyers a look inside this innovative, modern building process
This Week's Codes and Standards, April 22
Developers and owners can join AIA's 2030 commitment to create carbon neutral buildings, developments, and renovations; new concrete manufacturing technique that may help reverse advance of climate change, Skender and Z Modular coming to Chicago, and more...
Affordability
Algorithmic ADU
Los Angeles-based tech company Cover designs structures using computer algorithms. Its…
Off-Site Construction
Exclusive Research: The Off-Site Argument
Everyone says off-site construction is the answer to housing’s supply, labor, and affordability challenges—except single-family builders
This Week's Codes and Standards, March 25
New LEED credit for timber traceability, ICC code releases for repurposed shipping containers, San Francisco clears ADU permit backlog, tech keys to affordable housing, and a 3D-printed 2,000 square-foot home
This Week's Codes and Standards, March 18
Codes organizations to develop new guidelines for shipping containers as building components, free rooftop solar panels to qualifying NOLA residents, Lower Manhattan's coming streetscape transformation pilot program report, NYC's modular construction affordable housing project
Clayton Homes Launches 'Prefabulous' Campaign
National home builder Clayton Homes recently launched its…
Innovation
Innovating to Cut Costs
A recent expert panel concluded that better collaboration and integration of …
