In recent years, researchers and companies have been exploring new ways to improve buildings through analytics software, prefabrication, connected devices, new materials and construction automation.

Modular building solutions are gaining popularity across all property sectors, including multifamily. Modular construction is a process in which components of a building are constructed off-site, ...

VBC says its steel modular system supports towers up to 35 stories, targeting high cost urban infill markets and labor gaps.

Skender and Z Modular have signed an agreement to manufacture multifamily housing components in a factory on the southwest side of Chicago. Skender, a design, construction, and manufacturing firm, ...

Large buildings are often constructed using prefabricated pieces that arrive onsite shortly before being incorporated into a new structure. Such modularization of construction projects shortens ...

A bill to fix an 'arcane' code issue in modular housing development failed in committee last month, putting nearly 250 units ...

Six years ago, 461 Dean Street — then and now the nation’s tallest modular apartment building at 32 stories — opened its doors on Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The 363-unit tower had ...

New York—Less than two months ago, Full Stack Modular announced the purchase of FC Modular’s core assets from Forest City Ratner Cos. (FCRC). Roger Krulak, CEO & Founder at Full Stack and former ...

Commercial real estate experts forecast increasing demand for modular construction in the healthcare, industrial, education and multifamily sectors. “If modular goes mainstream, more manufacturing ...

Europe has a housing crisis and a construction industry that can't keep up. Is modular construction, homes built in factories ...