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Dec 2, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Dennis Michaud |Gary Fleisher |Susan Bady |Reed Dillon
If you’re a builder or manufacturer looking to add staff at this point in the mid 2020s, your largest potential pool of workers is Generation Z.
Born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s, Gen Z is the first generation of digital natives. They’ve grown up with smartphones, social media and a world of information just a click away. They value authenticity, crave transparency and have a keen sense of social responsibility.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Dennis Michaud |Ken Semler |Gary Fleisher |Susan Bady
Architecture students begin their career with formal classroom training, and then must meet on-the-job experience requirements (typically via internships) before earning an architect’s license. In the world of commercial construction, there are many universities with formal bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in various aspects of Construction Management.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Dennis Michaud |Susan Bady |Gary Fleisher |Reed Dillon
These companies make a compelling case for standardization as a means of enhancing budget management.
Challenges such as the labor shortage and high material prices demand a disciplined approach to budget management.
Modular/prefab housing has been found to be more cost effective, with time savings that make a convincing argument for offsite building.
The more vertically integrated the company, the more control it has over costs.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Larry Bernstein |Joe Dyton |Erik Cofield |Susan Bady
This general contractor decided to use prefabricated components for both interior and exterior walls in a new health clinic.
Because this was a design-build project, the contractor was able to optimize it for a full-panel approach that included interior as well as exterior walls.
Exterior panels reduced shell framing time from 28 days to five days, while the interior panels meant that drywall could be hung 30% earlier. There was also a $250,000 material savings.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Joe Dyton |Erik Cofield |Susan Bady |Ryan Colker
A modular project needs coverage that a traditional build doesn’t. But that coverage isn’t always easy to get.
Although modular is a proven construction method, insurers who have only worked with conventional builders may be hesitant to provide coverage.
Make sure the modules are adequately insured while in the factory, as well as during transport and assembly, and that coverage limits are sufficient.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Susan Bady |Erik Cofield |Ryan Colker |Gary Fleisher
Offering predesigned homes can benefit customers on strict timelines, as well as developers who need to get projects up and running quickly.
Predesigned homes fill a need for individual clients who have strict time constraints, and for developers on tight schedules.
The key for the manufacturer is to stay up to date on the attributes that a majority of new-home buyers want.
If few or no changes are permitted, that creates a streamlined production process.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Erik Cofield |Susan Bady |Ryan Colker |Gary Fleisher
Here are six actions you need to take to get started with this technology. Ignore them at your peril.
Last month, I wrote an introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). It was a broad overview of the technology and its main benefit; namely, that it can be used to reduce or eliminate constraints that are impacting your business results.
In this article, I will describe the types of AI and offer some advice on getting started.
There are several categories of AI.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Reed Dillon |Zena Ryder |Susan Bady
These tools are becoming a competitive necessity. So why are so few offsite builders using them?
Customers increasingly expect these tools to be available to them. Companies that don’t satisfy this expectation will lose business to their competitors that do.
Industry studies show that visualization tools increase visitor time on the builder’s website, while also driving a significant increase in option sales.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Zena Ryder |Susan Bady |Reed Dillon |Gary Fleisher
This fully finished modular home was printed indoors then delivered to the jobsite.
A University of Maine research team has developed a wood-fiber composite material that is completely bio-based and plastic-free.
They used the composite to print a small house comprised of four modules, which were delivered to the site and then bolted together. Everything was printed, including the roof.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
offsitebuilder.com | Susan Bady |Zena Ryder |Reed Dillon |Gary Fleisher
Social media and online marketing are unquestionably important, but physical facilities such as model homes and design centers still help close sales.
Social media, virtual tours and other digital media may dominate the new-home sales scene, but physical buildings are still necessary.
Model homes, design centers and wood-shop tours can generate both tangible and intangible benefits.
