News Finnish modular builder plans $750m factory in US state of Georgia Finnish modular builder Admares has announced plans to build a $750m “mega factory” in the city of Waycross in southeast Georgia. The 2.5 million sq ft factory will create an…
News Swedish firm to build 2,174 apartments for Saudi’s Neom Modular housebuilder Scandinavian Industrialised Building System (SIBS) has won a contract to assemble 35 apartment blocks at Saudi Arabia’s huge new economic zone, Neom. The Stockholm company was awarded an…
Innovation Meet the Canadian architect on a mission to rebuild Ukraine module by module Principal of WZMH Architects, Zenon Radewych, is spearheading a drive in Ukraine to use its system of stackable concrete modules to rebuild apartment blocks damaged by invading Russian forces. He…
News Amsterdam plans to build up to 30 modular schools from wood The Circlewood consortium, a collective of architects, engineers, builders and researchers, has designed a modular building concept that will act as the basis for up to 30 schools in Amsterdam.…
Projects Dead bridges: How modular viaducts are keeping the I-91 open in Massachusetts New Jersey-headquartered bridge maker Acrow has supplied two modular steel bridges to keep traffic flowing during a major bridge replacement project on the busy Interstate 91 (I-91) in Northampton, Massachusetts.…
News Samsung plans modular building plant in Saudi Arabia Korean contractor Samsung C&T this week signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to build a factory making modular building elements in the kingdom. Samsung’s agreement…
News Modular firm VBC develops prototype for Marriott’s second-biggest hotel brand Modular builder Volumetric Building Companies (VBC) has developed a steel-framed modular prototype for the “Fairfield by Marriott” hotel brand for use in European cities. Fairfield is Marriott’s second largest brand,…
News Samsung teams up with Latvian firm to develop factories making modular building parts South Korea’s Samsung C&T has partnered with Latvian manufacturer Forta Pro to develop factories making prefabricated building parts. Forta Pro has two factories employing 400 people in the cities of…
News US modular housing firm Plant Prefab secures $42m for expansion Modular housing company Plant Prefab has secured $42m in Series C and other funding to support expansion plans. The latest round was led by the venture capital arm of Brazilian…
