Other countries have for some time seen the cost efficiency and quality benefit of building modular residential structures. Most particularly in multi-family or apartment complex design. Can we finally be coming to a realization that this can be both cost saving and just better? I’m sure there is an argument about loss of local labor. Unions I bet have had an influence here on why modular construction has not been more widely used, most construction obviously done off-site, but still need for plumbers, electricians, site development… Read the attached article about a pre-fab apartment building in New York.
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/prefab-apartment-buildings-rise
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