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A Case (Study) for Off-Site Construction in Home Building

The Pro Builder

The factory-built product was a complete structural package (called ONE Frame in Agorus’ nomenclature), including walls, floors, stairs, ceilings, and roofs. Agorus' framing package for Daybreak included premade floor systems, each panel specifically engineered for its application in the system. What About Design?

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Dvele Expands Production of High-Tech Self-Powered Homes

The Pro Builder

Dvele , a manufacturer of high-tech prefabricated homes, is working to help solve the housing crisis by upping its production of Self-Powered homes with two new foundries. Dvele Expands Production of High-Tech Self-Powered Homes qpurcell Fri, 09/29/2023 - 09:40 America faces a housing crisis rooted in a lack of homes to meet growing demand.

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raSmith Cold-Formed Steel Structural Engineering Projects Earn Design Excellence Awards; raSmith’s Pat Ford Receives John P. Matsen Distinguished Service Award

Civil + Structural Engineer

Pat has more than 40 years of experience in structural engineering that includes the application of many of the latest technologies and design concepts to both load-bearing structures and a wide variety of curtainwall and prefabricated systems.

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Specifying acoustical ceilings for healthcare facilities

Construction Specifier

Even experienced healthcare designers and specifiers can have questions about the different building products, assemblies, and systems in healthcare facilities. For example, ceiling systems in healthcare facilities can have varying acoustical, weight, cleaning, and surface texture requirements that differ by facility type and room function.

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Mass Timber Buildings: Sustainable Path to Net Zero Goals

CCR Magazine

Swinerton recognizes the challenges of developing a project around a new structural system and brings its expertise to teams seeking creative solutions to make a mass timber project financially viable. Outside, timber overhangs create inviting play areas, blending seamlessly with nature.

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Let's build toward a circular economy

BDC Network

A sustainable relationship to a building, community and planet should be the floor, not the ceiling. In the simplest sense, a circular economy is an approach to material lifecycle management guided by three principles: eliminate waste, keep materials in circulation for as long as possible, and regenerate natural systems.

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Safe From the Start

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Prefabrication has been transformative in improving worksite safety and mak ing on-site assembly come together quickly with less on-site labor and fewer moving parts, people, and vehicles. Prefabricating much of a data center’s MEP (mechanical, electrical, and plumbing) infrastructure has been another huge win.