With a surge in global population projected to double the number of buildings over the next 30 years, modular construction emerges as a sustainable solution to claim a significant share of the $373 ...

The director of government affairs for the Modular Building Institute says the technology can create housing fast—if it can work through its PR problem. Unlike houses built on-site using framed ...

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 ...

New York’s modular dream is, albeit in fit and starts, coming true. The increasingly popular process of modular construction involves fabricating structural components — a k a modules — in a factory, ...

In recent years, researchers and companies have been exploring new ways to improve buildings through analytics software, prefabrication, connected devices, new materials and construction automation.

This year, Philadelphia-based modular manufacturer and construction manager Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) is on track to produce somewhere between 800,000 and 1 million sf of modules for the ...

SHoP Architects, a young New York firm, has grand designs. The firm’s seven partners say they won’t be content to merely leave a mark on America’s most important skyline; they also want to transform ...

In November, the world got its first glimpse of a modular housing prototype from Skender, a Chicago-based construction firm. The module was remarkably complete. It included a kitchen, a bathroom, a ...

The need to bring new facilities online faster is intensifying. And increasingly, the answer isn’t always to build faster on-site. Today’s construction projects require the ability to build smarter ...