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Posted by usm-admin on Oct 27, 2016 in Uncategorized |

Rockefeller University’s Modular Expansion

In June this year, work got underway on Rockefeller University’s modular expansion over the FDR Drive. The first phase of this convention-bending project would see the installation of 19 prefabricated sections over the course of the summer. In June, we gave you a glimpse at the first of those sections being fitted on top of the highway, and now thanks to photographer Max Touhey, who is shooting the project for builder Turner Construction, we have several more photographs of the construction process. The Rafael Viñoly-designed expansion will stand two-stories tall and stretch three blocks, standing adjacent to the university’s current campus. Known as the The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Research Building, it’s part of an overall $500 million expansion effort on part of the university, which will see the addition of two acres to its already existing 14-acre campus. The overall addition will be known as the The Stavros Niarchos Foundation–David Rockefeller River Campus and include an academic center, a conference center, and a dining area in addition...

Posted by usm-admin on Oct 25, 2016 in Uncategorized |

Prefab Best Solution for Building Modular Classrooms

Altoona, Blair County, Pa. Many elementary schools in Blair County are packed with students and have run out of space. A quick fix are modular classrooms, but they are not just trailers outside the school building. They are much more. “[The school] was only built for two classrooms per grade level,” said Ebner Elementary School Principal Kelly Clouser. “We are currently at at least three to four classrooms per grade level. That being said, sixth grade basically had no place to go for this school year.” There are currently 576 students enrolled at Ebner Elementary in Altoona. The school’s capacity is 450. One of the sixth grade classrooms was in our large group room, one was in the gymnasium and one was in the library until we were able to bring them over,” Clouser said. “We were in the large group room, which is kind of like a mini auditorium, and the chairs were squeaky,” said 6th grade English teacher Mary Ellen Lang. “It was a little disruptive being in there.”...

Posted by usm-admin on Oct 18, 2016 in Uncategorized |

Oklahoma’s First Prefab Hotel to be Completed by 2017

NewcrestImage, a privately owned, Lewisville, Texas-based hotel development, construction, and management firm, plans to build the first hotel in Oklahoma to use modular construction technology. The 142-room AC Hotel Bricktown, in Oklahoma City, will also be NewcrestImage’s first modular hotel. ADG Inc. is the architect of record, and Duncan Miller Ullmann the interior designer of the five-story hotel. Metul Patel, NewcrestImage’s Chairman and CEO, describes the hotel’s accommodations as “European-inspired.” The first floor will be built using traditional construction. The upper four floors will be built from 81 modules. Modular production is scheduled to begin next month, and the finished modules are scheduled to be shipped, via flatbed trucks, over four days in October. All rooms and finishes will follow AC Hotel specifications upon delivery, and be indistinguishable from the Marriott brand’s other hotels. The hotel, which is scheduled to open in June 2017, and which NewcrestImage will own and operate, will be located next to the 13,000-seat Chicksaw Bricktown ballpark and within a few blocks of the Cox...

Posted by usm-admin on Oct 11, 2016 in Uncategorized |

Multi Generational Modular Housing-A Cost Saving Solution

Just as baby boomers are honing their retirement strategies and considering downsizing because of their new empty nest, American homes are getting a little more crowded. Building a Multi-Generational home in San Diego is a growing trend as the cost of living continues to rise. The Great Recession prompted many millennials, those between 18 and 34, and even older adults, to move back with their parents because of job loss and financial difficulty. In fact, there’s been a surge in retirees who forget downsizing as many homeowners go bigger to make room for their loved ones. This one factor alone will mean hundreds of thousands of smaller homes designed for Boomers in their retirement will not be built and the trend isn’t abating. Many of the kids who moved back in at the height of the crash haven’t moved out, and now even more are moving back home, even though the economy has improved and the unemployment rate has dropped so that now the empty nest isn’t so empty. While the population of...

Posted by usm-admin on Oct 10, 2016 in Uncategorized |

Trending-Modern Prefab Apartments

Prefab building is a type of building that consists of several factory-built components or units that are assembled on-site to complete the unit. The world’s first prefabricated, pre-cast paneled apartment blocks were pioneered in Liverpool. The idea was not extensively adopted in Britain, however was widely adopted elsewhere, particularly in Eastern Europe. Architects are incorporating modern designs into the prefab apartments of today. Prefab housing should no longer be compared to a mobile home in terms of appearance, but to that of a complex modernist design. There has also been an increase in the use of green materials in the construction of these prefab apartments. Consumers can easily select between different environmentally friendly finishes and wall systems. Broadway Stack is a 28-unit moderate-income apartment complex built with 56 prefabricated modules in New York City. The modules were assembled off-site in a former subway car factory and then shipped to Inwood, where they are stacked to form a seven-story tower. Bloc10 is a condominium project which sits on a site...

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