The U.S. faces serious construction challenges, including a labor shortage of more than a half-million people. Meanwhile, costs continue to rise, hobbling progress on many projects. Ryan Ware, ...

In the resurgence of prefabricated buildings, architects, developers and other project stakeholders have been inundated with the idea that prefab’s main purpose is to save them time and money. Despite ...

Prism, a sustainably designed apartment development in Kendall Square in Cambridge, Mass., had its bathrooms installed as modular pods by contractor Consigli. Demands from clients and labor shortages ...

The concept of prefabrication in construction corresponds to elements, parts or entire buildings produced in a factory and transported to a construction site for a quick installation. This represents ...

Prefabrication and modular construction have been trending, and according to the pre-COVID Dodge Data & Analytics SmartMarket Report, “Prefabrication and Modular Construction 2020,” prefabrication and ...

Predictable, flexible, and efficient, prefabrication is quickly becoming an integral part of many construction projects. Though not a one-size-fits-all solution, prefabrication can address a multitude ...

Get ready for a surge in prefabrication activity by contractors. FMI, the consulting and investment banking firm, recently polled contractors about how much time they were spending, in craft labor ...

Prefabrication is not a new idea for architects. It was a staple of the post-war modernist ideal, a great dream that precise modern structures would be created in clean factories and then shipped to ...

Think back 10 years ago. In 2013, were you: Prefabricating total electrical systems? Prefabricating easy/repetitive items? Trying to get started with prefab? Unaware or unsure of what prefab would do ...

This article originally appeared on Make Space, DIRTT’s editorial platform that shares perspectives from the design and construction industries. The pandemic has hastened change across many sectors, ...