Construction methods

RSS

Six months after several devastating wildfires swept through Los Angeles County, debris removal has entered the homestretch while businesses, utilities and homeowners take the first steps toward rebuilding.

Opponents say detention center for people arrested for immigration violations, estimated to cost $450M for construction and first-year operation, will harm the Everglades ecosystem surrounding it and are suing the US and Florida governments in federal court. 

The wholly owned subsidiary leverages DfMA techniques to develop construction products and enable projects to be delivered via offsite manufacturing capabilities.

Florida International University will build a mobile unit to train contractors.

A new building code standard hopes to create guidelines for the connection and configuration of modular building components.

This 1944 cover image shows a crew of Navy Seabees placing steel mats for an airstrip somewhere in the Pacific.

As modern office work continues to evolve, many former office towers are being converted to homes.

The $1.4-billion expansion at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport includes both modular methods and stick-built construction.

This 1920 cover image depicts a four-man team doing high-speed block-laying as part of a channel improvement project on the Miami River in Dayton, Ohio.

Rhode Island has adopted several International Code Council and Modular Building Institute standards for off-site construction.