Modular Building

Modular Building

• A Texas-Based Modular Manufacturer Ships Modules With Concrete Foundations

  GroundFORCE Building Systems is close to expanding this service to residential builders.

   

• Landmarks: Habitat 67, Montreal, Canada

  Architect Moshe Safdie's Habitat 67 shows prefabricated housing at its finest.

   

• Community Building

  What's one of the greatest allures of living in an apartment or condo? Social activities and amenities–be it relaxing by an outdoor fireplace on a crisp fall night or meeting fellow canine-lovers in the dog park. This year's Multifamily Executive award winners capitalized on creating a sense of...

   

• Factory Built

  Dozens of new, low-income apartments went on the rental market this September in Cass Corridor, the poorest neighborhood in Detroit. The $13 million Brainard Street Apartment project consists of 20 three-story brick buildings, with a total of 120 two- and three-bedroom units. But some of the best...

   

• High Hopes

  How would you like to cut construction costs by 20 percent without affecting the value of your project? That's what Genesis Real Estate Group, the Dallas-based developers of Ocean Villas, managed to do by continually evaluating design and construction options right up to the completion of the...