Category Archives: Permanent Solutions

Sandy-torn Shore Preps for Summer

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Sandy-torn Shore Preps for Summer with Modular ConstructionThe summer season is just weeks away. Yet six months after Hurricane Sandy, some beach communities are still rebuilding. For shoreline businesses, the season drives the bulk of their annual revenue. Some that aren’t ready are turning to modular construction to open on time.

Modular Facilities Heading to the Shore

For New Yorkers, the push includes modular facilities for restrooms, lifeguard stations and maintenance offices. Officials say the modular plan is the most cost- and time-efficient way to prepare the boardwalk and shoreline communities. New York’s $100 million investment in modular will pay for itself many Continue reading →

Modular Man Caves: Atlanta Motorsports Park Garages Hit Full Throttle

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For auto enthusiasts, the race track is the ultimate playground. As this story on CNN.com shows, Atlanta Motorsports Park has pushed that experience to the red line. Cut to 2:00 in the video to see the modular race garages our Sports and Entertainment Team built. They’re a great example of what modular can do.

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Seattle’s Taproot Theatre is Reborn through Modular

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Seattle’s Taproot Theatre is Reborn through Modular ConstructionIn 2009, arson tore through a section of Seattle’s Greenwood neighborhood, destroying several businesses, and leaving an empty lot in its wake. As reported by the Seattle Times, the Taproot Theatre, a pillar of the city’s thriving arts community, was lost in the fire. Now the Taproot is reborn, bigger, better and modular.

The New Taproot Goes Modular 

From its Space Needle to the Seattle Central Library, the Emerald City has had a long history of progressive attitudes toward architecture. It’s not surprising that modular construction was the choice for the new Taproot. With 21 modules being readied, the finished project will include primary and Continue reading →

Modular Data Center Resembles Space Station

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Photo: Bahnhof

Photo: Bahnhof

Swedish internet service provider Bahnhof recently completed construction of a new data center in a retired nuclear bunker in Stockholm using modular building techniques. The resulting underground building looks more like a space station.

Going Underground

Located 100 feet beneath the surface, the space was originally built to withstand a nuclear blast. Bahnhof leased the bunker more than two years ago from the city for an undisclosed period.

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Prefab Building Offers Housing for Los Angeles’ Homeless

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Prefab Building Offers Housing for Los Angeles' HomelessDowntown Los Angeles’ Central City East, known as Skid Row, is an impoverished neighborhood with more than 4,000 homeless individuals. It’s one of the highest-concentrated areas of homelessness in the U.S.

Fortunately, the Skid Row Housing Trust is working hard to combat this and get as many homeless individuals off of the streets as possible, according to a report from CBS Los Angeles. Earlier this week, the Housing Trust unveiled Star Apartments, which are currently being worked on and expected to be up and running by spring. The apartments, which consist of more than 100 prefabricated Continue reading →

Coming Soon: The World’s Tallest Building, and It’s Modular

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World's tallest modular building

Sky City building in Changsha, China

Modular has been gaining steady momentum as the preferred building process for architects and developers. This month, modular takes it to the next level, or 220 levels actually, as construction of the world’s tallest building gets underway in Changsha, China. And yes, it’s all modular.

In a testament to the speed of modular, construction firm Broad Sustainable Building (BSB), a subsidiary of China’s Broad Group, will complete the tower in 90 days — practically the speed of light for new building.

As the impressive structure breaks ground later this month, a similar project is set to get started in New York City. According to reports from The New York Times and The Associated Press, groundbreaking is expected to take place later this month on a 32-story apartment tower in Brooklyn that will be Continue reading →

A Case for Quick Recovery After Hurricane Sandy

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Modular Digital Imaging BuildingThe devastating effects of superstorm Sandy are still being felt throughout the Northeast, particularly in the hardest hit areas of New Jersey and New York. More than 1 million residents are still without electricity, and relief efforts are expected to continue for weeks.

ModSpace helps businesses get back on track faster using temporary and permanent modular construction. Case in point, after a tornado ripped through Americus, Georgia on the night of March 1, 2007, residents awoke to a Continue reading →