Public healthcare facilities throughout the state of Texas, and the Southwest United States as a whole, have a unique challenge on their hands. While the area continues to be the fastest growing region in the country, public funding is consistently being reduced. One solution that has served many healthcare providers well is the choice to work with Ramtech Modular Building Systems. Not only is Ramtech’s approach 25 – 50% faster than site-built construction, it is also significantly less expensive (more…)
We have written recently about how the general construction industry is pushing for, and has moved towards a greater degree of integration with prefabrication and modular construction. Further evidence of this is contained in a new report from the McGraw-Hill construction group titled Prefabrication and Modularization: Increasing Productivity in the Construction Industry. The theme of the report is focused on the “trend to and re-emergence of prefab and modular“ through the use of BIM and green building, but the report also goes into another area of particular interest to the modular building industry, Lean Construction. (more…)
Just how important has modular construction been to the Department of Defense’s plan to expand their military bases? Well, if you examine the work that just one modular company has done at just one military base, you may be astounded. (more…)
The latest round of the IgCC Code Development Hearings were held in Dallas last week, and by all accounts the modular building industry was able to put forward some convincing arguments to clarify and protect the industry’s members. (more…)
Ramtech Building Systems, Mansfield, TX has announced that the company has secured a new charter school contract for the design, fabrication, and construction of three 7,424 square foot eight-classroom modular buildings to be delivered and installed in the Dallas, Texas area prior to the start of the 2011 – 2012 academic school year. (more…)