Ramtech will be back at the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals’ annual conference and trade show coming up on April 17-19 at the Omni Hotel in downtown Dallas. With this year’s theme being “Executing a Winning Strategy” TORCH expects a large turnout to discuss all the potential changes in policy or laws affecting reimbursement, regulation, quality and health care delivery. (more…)
Organized as a charter school, Life School serves over 4,000 students at five locations around the Dallas, Texas area. When the school decided to expand their Oak Cliff area secondary school, they chose three 7,424 square foot eight-classroom modular buildings complete with connecting deck and ramp assemblies. Purchased through the Texas Buyboard and built using traditional modular contruction, each facility includes a private office, restrooms, storage area, and individual classrooms with a computer lab in the high school building. The buildings utilize nine wall-mounted HVAC units zoned for energy efficient heating and cooling, and include factory installed 26-gauge R-panel metal siding on the exterior, vinyl composition gypsum wall coverings, and durable high traffic carpet flooring. We went back out to visit the Oak Cliff campus and caught up with Shawn Thomas, Director of Operations for the Life School. Here’s what he had to say:
While permanent modular construction (PMC) has become a leading building system used in the development of commercial and institutional facilities, there isn’t a single approach, or one modular company, that has come to dominate the commercial modular industry. Just as modular construction in the United Kingdom is practiced differently than it is in India, permanent modular construction in the United States also varies widely from one region of the country to another – and from one market or product line to another. (more…)
Ramtech has continued to build on its success in the public school sector by securing a new $1.9 million contract to provide four new modular cafeteria buildings to the Aldine Independent School District in Houston, Texas. Totaling 41,216 square feet, two modular buildings will be installed at both Nimitz and MacArthur High Schools for use as interim facilities while the renovation of the existing cafeterias takes place. Ramtech will begin the manufacturing phase of the modular construction project prior to the end of February, and will commence the site activities at the beginning of March. We expect to complete the project by April 12th, which will give Aldine ISD ample time to prepare the facilities to begin food service to their students by May 1st. (more…)
Ramtech trade show activities will be kicked into high gear during the month of February as we go on the road to exhibit our temporary and permanent modular buildings at conferences in both the healthcare and education markets.
First up, Bill Barron will represent us at the revamped Texas Hospital Association’s annual Conference and Expo on February 13th and 14th in booth 628 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, TX. The THA conference is the association’s marquee event for Texas hospital leaders in clinical, administrative and governance positions. The 2013 conference is expected to draw a record attendance with the addition of the organization’s partnership with the Texas Healthcare Trustees, Texas Organization of Nurse Executives, Texas Association of Healthcare Financial Administration, and the American College of Healthcare Executives Texas chapters.
The following week on February 19th and 20th, Ramtech’s Sabrina Queen and Jeff Ward will showcase our temporary and permanent modular construction capabilities for public schools in booths 511 & 513 at the 67th annual Texas Association of School Business Officials conference at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, TX. Representing more than 5,500 members and 30 regional affiliates from more than 900 public school districts in Texas, the TASBO conference always provides an ideal opportunity for us to follow-up with our huge number of past customers as well as potential clients in need of portable classrooms, traditional modular multiple classroom buildings, and permanent facilities using our Accelerated Building System permanent modular construction method.