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When and Why Modular Part Four: The Legal Framework and Wrap Up

Posted on 13. Jun, 2011 by Glenn Cort.

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It’s time to wrap up the “When and Why Modular” series. When choosing permanent modular construction, the appetite of the owner to use “open” as opposed to a closed legal framework is an important consideration. For lack of a better term we will call it the legal framework box. If the decision makers of a [...]

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When and Why Modular Part Three: The Financial Factor

Posted on 27. May, 2011 by Glenn Cort.

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Clients will need to know a few things about commercial modular construction regarding cost or even better about the financial factor. With the financial factor we are definitely going to need a neutral box to check. It’s often neutral and tough to predict in advance of the project. Here are some issues relating to costs. [...]

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When and Why Modular Part Two: Experience, Speed and Labor

Posted on 23. May, 2011 by Glenn Cort.

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The next factor I will refer to as the experience factor. This is the one and only factor that I wish weren’t included in the list and hopefully will not be for too much longer. However, the fact is that if the design and contracting team don’t have experience with off-site modular construction, this may [...]

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Permanent Modular Construction is smart building

Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Glenn Cort.

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The smartest building idea for campus planners begins with an increased understanding of today’s permanent modular construction. Today’s prefabricated school can be very unlike the more temporary wood structures that are often associated with the modular industry. “Permanent modular construction” is vastly different in design, execution and application. It is simply an alternative method of [...]

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Modulars in place at the Grafton School

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by Theresa Hazelrigg.

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Triumph Modular puts modular buildings in place at Grafton School. Check out the article and great pictures in the Grafton News

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LEED and the Public Bidding Process

Posted on 03. Aug, 2009 by Glenn Cort.

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Federal, state and city governments as well as many large private organizations are legislating, mandating or at least communicating that any new built environment built for them will need to be LEED certified to some level. What I find to be a huge disconnect is that the people who are clamoring for green schools historically [...]