OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS NORTH AMERICAN PROVIDERS + COMPANY PROFILES
may 2018 snapshot COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Annandale Millwork/Allied Systems offers innovative solutions for residential builders Component Manufacturing with custom and stock millwork, a complete component package and installation services in the Mid-Atlantic region. PRODUCTS/SERVICES Building Materials Allied Systems leverages MiTek software to design wood frame building components using the Design + Engineering builder’s architectural plans—providing construction drawings to the plant for construction and the Truss Systems field for installation. They manufacture and distribute pre-hung interior and exterior doors, windows, Interior + Exterior Wall Systems cornice and features, trim and custom architectural millwork, wall panels, floor systems, lumber and Assembly roof trusses.
COVERAGE AREA: For 50 years, they have served a customer base of premier residential builders, counting Pulte, Plants in Virginia and Florida, Richmond American, Centex Homes and Engle Homes among their customers. serving New Jersey to Florida
WEBSITE: www.amcasc.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Blokable is a start-up modular manufacturer and service provider focused on empowering Modular Housing Construction communities to build their own housing and making housing accessible and affordable for everyone.
Blokable has developed their offering by focusing on housing as a tech product. Blokable units PRODUCTS/SERVICES leverage a single, flexible framework that can be configured and inspected at scale. They are like Design + Engineering building blocks that can be used as stand alone structures or connected as part of a multi-unit Manufacturing Installation development up to five stories high, with pricing that ranges from $150 to $300 per square foot Sensors/Risk Monitoring depending on features and finishes. Blokable units integrate hardware, software and services with high-grade materials and modernized processes, leveraging technology and design principles found in the automotive and aerospace industries. COVERAGE AREA: Facility in Vancouver, WA serving a 1,000 mile radius Blokable units meet state energy codes and are uniquely designed for durability and safety. They are wired to detect smoke and flooding incidents and notify the development manager of any issues via an online dashboard. They are also designed to evacuate excess water through the floor system— minimizing damage and other risks associated with flooding. WEBSITE: https://blokable.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Blenker Company’s mission is to be a valued business partner by being an expert in design, product Component Manufacturing solutions, and execution. A manufacturer and supplier of structural building components for over 40 years, Blenker Building Systems offers value-driven, wood-framed building solutions to builders of PRODUCTS/SERVICES single-family homes, multi-family complexes and commercial buildings throughout the upper Midwest. Engineering Product Sourcing As a manufacturer of panelized floors, walls and trusses, they simplify the building process and allow Component Manufacturing their builder partners to meet the increasing market demands through reduced construction costs and Guaranteed Pricing time. Blenker helps create, build and erect high quality buildings. Assembly
They also supply top quality doors, windows, trim, millwork, siding, roofing products, hardware, and COVERAGE AREA: cabinetry all at one place. Plant in Amherst, Wisconsin, serving the upper Midwest.
WEBSITE: http://blenkerco.com COMPANY PROFILE OFFSITE PROVIDER PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: DESCRIPTION:
Integrated Panelization Blueprint Robotics has a 200,000 square foot factory in Baltimore and offers one of the most comprehensive panelized products on the market. First, they provide BIM drawings. The state approves, and Blueprint gets all third-party approvals. They guarantee a price and a delivery date and PRODUCTS/SERVICES: take eight to 10 subcontractors into one. They then build prefabricated walls, roofs and floors to a BIM clients’ design plans builder’s specifications, including preferred level of energy performance, in their fully automated Customized Closed Wall Systems, Roofs + Floors factory. The builder provides the finishing touches after Blueprint installs a custom-built closed wall Guaranteed Price frame right onto the foundation – including windows, doors, mechanical rough-ins, insulation, exterior sheathing and interior drywall.
Blueprint offers total cost and cycle time reduction among their many benefits. They currently produce COVERAGE AREA: 2,100 ft2 per day with the goal of 3,000 ft2 in 2018. On-site, a crew of seven can install 580 ft2 per day. Within 350 miles of Baltimore – With a 20-unit townhome project, for instance, they can take 4 months out of the process. Cost with intent to expand savings achieved by the customer is on the project total, not the shell alone.
WEBSITE: www.blueprint-robotics.com OFFSITE PROVIDER PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: BMC is one of the nation’s leading providers of diversified building products and services to Pre-Cut Materials professional builders and contractors in the residential housing market. The company’s portfolio of Component Manufacturing products and services spans building materials, including millwork and structural component manufacturing capabilities, consultative showrooms and design centers, value-added installation PRODUCTS/SERVICES management and an innovative e-business platform. Product Sourcing Computerized Design BMC’s READY-FRAME® offering ships SmartBundled—compact, pre-cut and labeled—ready for Manufacturing + Delivery framers to assemble on the jobsite faster and more accurately with less waste, resulting in a cleaner and safer jobsite. BMC has 250 in-house designers, provides computerized designs and guarantees material takeoffs. COVERAGE AREA: 18 states and 43 metropolitan areas, principally in the South BMC has 31 truss plants, including the most automated truss plant in the U.S. in Coming, Georgia. and West regions of the U.S. They offer panelization in 16 of their facilities, and have opened a new wall panelization facility in with a desire to expand offsite capabilities Woodland, CA. In that facility, a saw can precision cut materials for five houses at once.
WEBSITE: www.buildwithbmc.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Build SMART is a partnership between PROSOCO and Passive House design expert Adam Cohen. Building Envelope System Their goal is to be a one-stop solution for easy to construct, affordable high-performance buildings. Components
Build SMART currently offers a structural open wall system with continuous insulation and an integrated PRODUCTS/SERVICES weather resistant barrier on the exterior. Windows and doors are pre-installed. They are also working on Component Design Files other systems including monitoring systems, low-energy lighting and a conditioning ERV. Design Review Passive House Consulting Offsite Construction + Delivery Build SMART’s involvement starts at design and engineering and ends when the components are Installer Training delivered to the jobsite. While they don’t offer architectural services, they provide component drawings for download in Sketch Up and REVIT formats, and they will provide specific recommendations for COVERAGE AREA: achieving Passive House standards on larger projects. They review designs prior to construction in the Based in Lawrence, Kansas, factory, then manufacture and deliver the components. The builder or developer’s site crew handles final they will deliver anywhere in the U.S. They have a desire to installation, using their step-by-step installation manual. expand, and will likely open their next plant in Pennsylvania.
WEBSITE: www.buildsmartna.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Entekra™ is a design, engineering and manufacturing company that provides a Fully Integrated Off- Fully Integrated Off-Site Solution Site Solution™ (FIOSS™) for both residential and commercial construction. Entekra’s FIOSS (FIOSS); Panelization streamlines the construction process by leveraging the integration of engineering, technology and modern methods of construction (MMC) to consolidate a multitude of tasks that are normally parceled PRODUCTS/SERVICES: among architects, engineers, building materials suppliers and contractors. The company’s complete Design + Engineering solution, which has no design or engineering constraints, delivers for home builders of any size Off-site Manufacturing Delivery + Assembly higher-quality, more energy-efficient structures with faster build times, reduced dependency on skilled Finishing labor and increased profitability. Entekra opened their first U.S. plant in 2018, but their team has built nearly 175,000 homes for assembly worldwide. COVERAGE AREA: California – with plans to expand Entekra works with the builder throughout the process: pre-construction (architectural design to other geographic markets alignment), design and engineering (3D modeling, CAD drawings and material takeoffs), off-site across the country. A recent $45MM investment from LP manufacturing (wall panels, floor panels and roof trusses), delivery and assembly. A single-family will help fuel their expansion. home can be assembled on-site in as little as one day.
WEBSITE: http://entekra.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Guerdon Enterprises LLC is the leading systems-built, off-site producer of large modular construction Modular Construction projects and modular multi-family housing in the western United States.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES Known as one of the only modular building manufacturing companies capable of building medium to large Engineering Plans multi-story projects with a primary focus of using modular construction methods, Guerdon combines Module Construction + Installation traditional “on-site” construction with efficient “off-site” factory assembly line processes to deliver code built structures. Finish levels on units leaving the factory include; plumbing, electrical, paint, flooring, fixtures, cabinets, appliances, toilets, showers, and even the kitchen sink. After the modules are craned COVERAGE AREA: into place, licensed sub-trades make electrical, plumbing, mechanical and structural connections.
Based in Boise, Idaho, serving 10 states throughout the West, Guerdon’s scale is impressive. They have a staff of 300. They produce four modules a day, 20 a week, Alaska and Canada and can produce up to a million square feet of buildings annually.
WEBSITE: www.guerdonmodularbuildings.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: HercuWall® is the first cost-effective concrete-reinforced panelized wall system. Panelization HercuWall panels are rated for 200+ mph, high-velocity hurricane zones, and are mold, rot, pest and water resistant. ShearStrip® technology allows reinforced concrete construction without vertical rebar. PRODUCTS/SERVICES It creates a structural composite relationship with concrete, creating stronger walls with lower costs Pre-cast Concrete Walls Below + Above Ground than ICF and serves as a surface for attaching interior and exterior finishes. HercuWalls are highly Applications energy efficient, including a EPS foam shell with an R-30 rating. Blueprint to CAD conversion Off-site Manufacturing Delivery + Installation HercuWall panels arrive numbered in an install-ready kit, reducing jobsite errors and requiring significantly less labor than traditional wood framing and ICFs. They can be finished onsite with any COVERAGE AREA: traditional cladding or HercuShield™, a high-impact laminate cement sheeting product, can be applied Based in Pennsylvania, with a in the factory—giving the appearance of traditional stucco without the time, expense and risk. network of dealers throughout the U.S. and Canada
WEBSITE: https://hercutechinc.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Since 2015, Katerra has grown from a start-up, technology-focused housing manufacturer to a company Integrated Panelization with $1.3B in bookings. Their first factory in Phoenix began production in 2017. In January of 2018, they shared plans to open five more factories in the U.S. by end of 2018. Now open, the second facility in PRODUCTS/SERVICES Spokane, WA, produces Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) wall panel and floor systems, and other locations Architecture + Engineering are targeted for Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. An infusion of $865MM in funding Interior Design Katerra received in February 2018 from SoftBank is helping the company pursue its growth plans. Manufacturing Building Material Supply Katerra is an end-to-end building service provider for multifamily, senior living, student housing, single family General Contractor Subcontractor and masterplan developments. In their fully-automated Phoenix facility, they produce interior and exterior Self-perform Labor wall panels, roof truss assemblies, floor systems, utility walls, cabinetry and countertops. Roughly 30% of Renovations their staff on the factory floor is women, and they have the capacity to manufacture structural components and finish products to build 20,000 apartments per year. COVERAGE AREA:
Factories up and running in Katerra also sources materials globally, aggregates demand and offers economies of scale for pricing. Phoenix and Spokane, serving the U.S. WEBSITE: http://katerra.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Method Homes builds precision-engineered prefab homes with unlimited customization for developers Modular Housing Construction of small community projects and direct to consumers. They work with local architects as well as their own to design sustainable prefabricated homes that can be built to obtain LEED, ENERGY STAR, Living Building Challenge, Passive House, and other environmental certification standards. PRODUCTS/SERVICES
Design + Engineering Method Homes builds off-site in a custom facility, using skilled craftsman rather than automation. Their Manufacturing modules are nearly complete when delivered on-site – including insulation, mechanicals, flooring, Installation cabinetry, siding, and the like. Modules are built on blocks and shifted onto flatbed trucks with hydraulics that allow for lifting and placement and minimize damage while in transit. COVERAGE AREA:
Two facilities in Northwest Method approves the site preparation and does the final installation and integration of each module Washington state, serving the Western U.S. and Canada on-site.
WEBSITE: www.methodhomes.net COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Plant Prefab is the first prefabricated home factory in the nation dedicated to sustainable construction, Panelization materials, processes, and operations. Plant manufactures custom and single/multifamily homes that are Modular Construction high-quality, healthy, and durable. With their patented building system, Plant delivers low cost homes in half the time and with less waste than traditional site-based contractors. Plant models are fully PRODUCTS/SERVICES: customizable and available to individuals, developers, and architects. Architectural Designs + Plans Land Feasibility Studies Online Configuration Plant Prefab predominantly serves the urban infill and custom home markets. They currently deliver Design Customization comparable homes 50% faster at 10% less cost than site built and are developing a kit of parts to Engineering + Permitting (Modules) leverage from an integrated design and engineering perspective that will allow them to be 75% faster and Off-site Construction even more cost-effective in the future. Site Coordination Delivery + Install Plant also offers a better experience to the buyer. They work with renowned architects to make design COVERAGE AREA: accessible like Target has worked with fashion and home goods designers, and consumers can configure
First factory is a 62,000 sf facility their chosen architectural design with desired finishes and options online. in Rialto, California WEBSITE: www.plantprefab.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Through an integrated, model-centric BIM design platform (their own Digital Thread based on REVIT), Light Gauge Steel Building Prescient is ensuring buildings perform better, cost less and take less time to build, substantially Envelope Components reducing development risk.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES From the initial plan to the assembled building, the Prescient platform is ideally suited for multi-unit Design + Engineering buildings up to 16 stories tall, including apartments, student housing, hotels, military and senior living. Manufacturing Prescient connects developers, designers, suppliers and contractors at every step of the project, so Installation the virtual model matches the finished building.
COVERAGE AREA: Their manufacturing process yields components of precise specifications and dimensions through the Facilities in Colorado and North use of roll-formers, welding robots, and laser cutting and machining systems. Each component has a Carolina, with coverage in urban communities throughout the US unique location on the Prescient Smart Grid for easy and efficient installation onsite in four steps. Their process is International Accreditation Service certified, and every component of their platform has earned wither IAS, UL or ICC certification.
WEBSITE: www.prescientco.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: For 20 years, Raney Construction Incorporated (RCI) has provided a turnkey structural solution to VITS – Vertically Integrated Total large production homebuilders in the south east. RCI manages the construction of the structural shell Solutions (VITS); Panelization (slab, block, framing, inspection), supplying BIM-based engineering, labor and material for all facets in a complete turnkey manner. From RCI’s manufacturing facility in Groveland, FL, RCI manufactures PRODUCTS/SERVICES: and distributes floor panels, wall panels, stairs and trusses. They also provide on-site installation and Design + Engineering ensure that quality control is sequenced so that jobs are ready for inspection and deadlines are met. Off-site Manufacturing Onsite JIT Installation RCI has a component plant with 105 people that build 120,000 board feet of trusses and wall panels a day. Their average cycle time is 12 days from plumbing inspection to frame completion—10 days less COVERAGE AREA: than the typical construction cycle. They are starting 60 homes per week. That’s 3000+ per year. Based in Groveland, Florida and serving the Southeast U.S.; Raney is currently looking to Raney is currently looking to expand their operations. They take a total cost approach (direct and expand their operations indirect) when evaluating their impact on a builder’s operations.
WEBSITE: https://www.facebook.com/rcishell/ COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Superior Walls feature patented, insulated, precast concrete wall panels that are formed in a factory- Panelization controlled setting and delivered to the new home jobsite, where the panels are lifted into position with a crane and carefully bolted together and sealed. The walls are custom-designed and built to virtually any architectural style, complete with window and door openings. PRODUCTS/SERVICES Pre-cast Concrete Walls Below + Above Ground Superior uses high-strength steel and fiber reinforced 5,000+ psi concrete. Foundations feature a Applications continuous layer of insulation bonded directly to the concrete – achieving R-21.3 in the U.S. and R-23 Blueprint to CAD conversion Off-site Manufacturing in Canada. Superior Walls products are NGBS Green Certified by Home Innovation Research Labs Delivery + Installation and can help builders and developers deliver to ENERGY STAR for Homes standards.
COVERAGE AREA: Historically focused on below-grade foundation walls, Superior also offers above grade wall systems Based in Pennsylvania, with a (AG wall panels) that can be stacked on foundation walls and installed within hours. network of dealers throughout the U.S. and Canada
WEBSITE: www.superiorwalls.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: DESCRIPTION: Integrated Panelization Toll Integrated Systems (TIS), a Toll Brothers Company, manufactures and supplies quality engineered construction components and related services and has been doing so for 25 years. TIS provides a variety PRODUCTS/SERVICES of cost-effective construction components, including wood wall panels; wood roof trusses and engineered Engineering + Estimating roof trusses; wood floor trusses, engineered floor trusses, open web floor trusses; custom-made roof and Design for Toll and Outside floor trusses; laminated beams; exterior and interior millwork; rough lumber and a complete line of Manufacturing engineered wood products. Delivery
TIS uses MiTek software to perform whole house engineering and 3-D modeling. For Toll Brothers, they take on the entire home construction process—from order entry, capacity planning, scheduling and COVERAGE AREA: customer service to production design, purchasing, materials and inventory control, and manufacturing. U.S. TIS manufactures 60,000+ items and purchases 6,000+ items, offering advantages including quality, buying power, standardization and single-source communication.
WEBSITE: www.tisbuildingsolutions.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Universal Forest Products, Inc., is a holding company whose subsidiaries supply three robust markets: Building Components retail, construction and industrial. Founded in 1955, the Company is headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich., with affiliates throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. PRODUCTS/SERVICES Roof Trusses Universal Forest Products is a leading supplier of building materials and components. They ensure that all Wall Panels the building products they offer— lumber, engineered wood and siding, pattern and trim— adhere to the Floors absolute highest standards in the industry: yours.
UFP provides wall panels, roof trusses and floor systems through 11 plants throughout the U.S.
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11 plants covering the U.S.
WEBSITE: www.ufpi.com/en/products/construction COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Wally Walls manufactures energy efficient, environmentally friendly and durable wall systems. Wally’s Building Components System engineers ensure that each structure not only meets structural codes, but that the building’s design achieves maximum constructability, with particular emphasis on value engineering and connection details PRODUCTS/SERVICES that allow carpenters to reduce ladder time and install more square feet of wall and decking each day. Design + Engineering Pre-Cut Materials Wally Walls’ UltraFrame replaces stick frame construction with a lightweight modular structural insulated Recycled Materials that are wall that is conventionally framed, allowing architects and engineers to design without the limitations of Recyclable proprietary engineered structures. Walls are filled with Graphite Polystyrene (GPS) closed cell foam, which also contains a fire retardant.
COVERAGE AREA: The Ultraframe® Building System is as easy to install regardless of the laborer's skill level. The system is
Based in Wisconsin, serving the delivered to the site numbered from the factory so that installation flows quickly. The lightweight, but Midwest structurally strong system, does not require heavy lifting cranes. One Ultraframe Panel weighs less than 75 lbs. Field modifications are easily made without specialized tools.
WEBSITE: www.buildwithwally.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: AcQBuilt delivers an integrated system of building components for housing using a highly automated, Building Components technology-driven system, including BIM, real-time inventory control, automated picking and sorting Integrated Panelization robots, mechanical cutting and fastening equipment, vacuum lifts and other advanced systems.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES AcQBuilt provides floor, wall and roof systems that are nearly complete prior to reaching the jobsite. Design + Engineering For instance, exterior walls include channels for mechanicals, rigid insulation and sheathing, Product Sourcing mechanical routing of openings for outlets and other penetrations, installed windows and doors, Component Manufacturing weather wrapping and siding. They also produce stairs and decks in the factory environment. Guaranteed Pricing Delivery + Positioning AcQBuilt has customized trucks that ease the loading and delivery of their components. They crane COVERAGE AREA: components into place on-site for final installation by trades. Plant in Edmonton, AB Canada. It takes roughly six hours to erect a single-family home and a few hours to finalize the exterior.
WEBSITE: www.acqbuilt.com; www.acqbuilt.com/build_process.php COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: BONE Structure was founded by a former executive with aerospace and transportation manufacturer Building Components System Bombadier. BONE Structure predominantly works on custom homes but is looking to build relationships with production homebuilders. PRODUCTS/SERVICES Lot Selection The BONE Structure® steel construction technology combines the advantages of a post-and-beam Integrated Design + Engineering structure with an integrated energy efficient solution for the thermal envelope. BONE Structure homes are Interior Design Net Zero Energy Ready and can easily reach LEED or Passive House certifications. Builder Selection Building Permits Steel components are designed in 3D software and laser cut. The integrated thermal envelope offers high energy efficiency through a combination of expanded polystyrene panels and closed cell polyurethane COVERAGE AREA: foam. Beams are designed with MEP and HVAC highways. Due to the steel structure, designs often
Based in Canada with 12 North require no interior load bearing walls. American plants
WEBSITE: https://bonstructure.ca COMPANY PROFILE OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL PROVIDERS + COMPANY PROFILES
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) was established in 2009 as a subsidiary of the BROAD Group, which Steel structure building, core makes central AC non-electric chillers powered by natural gas and waste heat. It has a central factory and tubular stainless steel (CTS) an R&D center in Xiangyin, Hunan, with 230,000 square meters of workshop space. slab BSB is known for large buildings including a 57-story building known as J57 Mini Sky City, with 800 PRODUCTS/SERVICES: apartments and office space for 4,000 workers, completed in 2015 in Changsha, China. BSB assembled Commercial, office, towers, skyscrapers Mini Sky City in only 19 working days.
BSB claims prefab reduces construction its costs by 20% to 40%. The 180,000-sm Mini Sky City cost COVERAGE AREA: $700/square meter to build. All BSB building are said to have the following advantages: magnitude 9 China (however, the wider earthquake resistance, low cost of construction, high thermal efficiency (leading to low maintenance cost), BROAD Group has products and environment-friendliness (low pollution from construction) and inside air that is nine times purer than operations in 70 countries) outside air.
BSB is poised to expand by developing 50 franchises in China, plus 100 overseas, with the goal of WEBSITE: capturing 20% of the global construction market. http://en.broad.com/ COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Established in 2009, Deepblue SmartHouse Co. ltd. exports prefabricated housing to over 60 countries Steel framed modular and continents including the United States, Australia, France, Africa and South America.
Since its founding, the company has built more than 5,000 homes and won multiple awards for both PRODUCTS/SERVICES: design and construction. The company builds, sells, finances, leases, and insures all its buildings – from Single-family, portable emergency luxury to social housing. shelters, Granny flats, car sheds, apartment buildings, tiny houses
COVERAGE AREA: Global
WEBSITE: http://smarthousing.cn/ COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Beijing-based People's Architecture Office (PAO) / People's Industrial Design Office (PIDO) was founded Light weight structures, some of by He Zhe, James Shen and Zang Feng in 2010, and consists of a multi-disciplinary team of architects, which are collapsible engineers, product designers and urbanists. With the belief that design is for the masses the studio focuses on social impact through design. PAO is the first architecture practice in Asia certified as a B- PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Corporation, which promotes socially conscious corporate culture and serves as a model for social Commercial, single family entrepreneurship. PAO’s projects engage in a wide variety of building typologies and are not limited by residential, “installations” (artistic form or scale, but instead focus on human interaction and the enhancement of people’s daily lives. in nature), unique work spaces The office is located in an historic courtyard house in the center of Beijing and functions as a laboratory COVERAGE AREA: for observation, testing, and building.
China PAO has a propriety prefab system and creates “plug-in” modules for existing structures as well as entire buildings. One project, the People’s Station in Yantai, China, is an elaborate, experimental structure. Enormous triangular clerestory windows bring ample light into the space, which contains a large events hall on the ground floor, and a lounge, bookstore, and cinema on the second and third floors.
WEBSITE: The company also has a product called “tricycle house,” a workspace on wheels, that can be transported http://peoples- by bicycle to another location. architecture.com/pao/en COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: In partnership with Bird Construction, Stack Modular is led by a team of North American designers, Large-scale, steel-frame engineers and logistics experts. With a modern manufacturing facility located outside Shanghai, Stack is modular construction projects connected to the most advanced network of materials suppliers on the globe. The company can deliver projects with superior quality, sharper price points and dramatically shorter construction schedules.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Stack Modular has developed a high-rise prototype for the North American market that can be erected Residential, hospitality, and completed significantly faster than conventional construction methods. The Stack system can reach commercial and resource sectors over 25 stories and reduces the on-site schedule and subsequent exposure to market and labor price risks. COVERAGE AREA: North America
WEBSITE: https://www.stackmodular.com/ COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Daiwa House has been prefabricating homes since the “Midget House” in 1959. Since then, it has built Steel Frame and Wooden over 600,000 detached homes across Japan. It is Japan’s largest homebuilder and maker of prefabricated Structures houses as well as shopping centers, health clubs and other commercial buildings.
Daiwa House recently partnered with local builders in Malaysia. In 2017, the company created “For PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Nature,” its single-family house environmental brand; started PREMIUM GranWood, its highest grade Single Family – built to order, subdivisions, eco-friendly, “forest custom-built wooden residences project; and acquired Stanley-Martin Communities. housing” (with lifestyle component) Rental housing under the Its xevo series employs new construction methods such as energy-absorbing load-bearing walls capable D-Room brand of maintaining their initial performance levels even in the event of repeated massive earthquakes.
COVERAGE AREA: GranWood homes are wood-framed with construction costs starting at 300,000 Yen / m2 ($255 / ft2), not 2 Japan, Malaysia, United States including land. With options and finishes, construction costs can exceed 600,000 Yen / m . The average house will cost at least 50 million Yen (~$460,000) to build, and Daiwa is expecting to build 50 in their first year of sales. WEBSITE: Officials from Daiwa House say they’re interested in understanding the U.S. market before making the http://daiwahouse.com/ significant capital investments a factory would require. COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: As the housing company of the Panasonic Group, PanaHome Corporation is committed to providing Concrete Panelization quality that lasts. Since 1963, they have built more than 500,000 homes in Japan alone. Steel and Wood Frame PanaHome's key business strategy is to promote its Japan-originated method of construction called “wall pre-cast concrete” (W-PC). By building temporary factories on the project development site and using W- PRODUCTS/SERVICES: PC construction methods, PanaHome enables builders to shave as much as three months off of cycle Custom Built, Detached Housing time, depending on the size of the property. The building’s exterior components such as flooring slabs, Eco Cordis Smart Houses walls and roofs are fabricated by pouring concrete into steel molds, then assembled using a crane. Vienu Multistory Houses (up to 7) Rental Apartments PanaHome also offers mid-range three-story houses, the most popular type of multistory house in Japan, Senior Housing – Age-Free Care Fujisawa Sustainable Smart which feature a light stainless steel frame and earthquake resistant construction. Town (Fujisawa SST) + others ENERGY + IAQ Parknade Smart Condos Renovation Services PanaHome offers zero energy homes to first-time and affluent buyers. They also focus on indoor and outdoor air quality. KIRATECH exterior wall tiles employ photocatalysts to break down NOx and clean air. COVERAGE AREA: 50 years in Japan; expansion Their homes achieve GREENGUARD certification with low VOC levels, and they provide a HEPA filter into Taiwan, Malaysia (2015), equipped ventilation system that traps PM2.5 airborne particulates outside. Indonesia (2017) COMPANY PROFILE
SMART CITY
PanaHome is also focused on improving housing and quality of life in communities through their Smart City offering, which began in Japan and has expanded into the U.S.
In 2014, PanaHome opened their flagship community, Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town, which will include 1,000 homes when complete. With Fujisawa SST, the primary consideration was to create a concept for a smart community lifestyle based on residential comfort, regional characteristics, and future living patterns ‒ taking into account such aspects as energy, security, mobility, and wellness..
In October 2017, PanaHome began working on Japan’s first solar powered microgrid system for 117 homes within Smart City Shioashiya Solar-Shima.
WEBSITES: https://homes.panasonic.com/english https://homes.panasonic.com/company/ir/library/annual/pdf/2016_pana homereport.pdf http://fujisawasst.com/EN/project/ http://homefinder.com.my/property/towards-a-green-sustainable-living- with-panahome/ COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: In 1972, Sekisui Chemical Company, a leading plastics manufacturer, established Sekisui House to Panelization create new markets for plastic products in its panel-based system and Sekisui Heim (steel-frame Modular Construction prefabricated modular) to compete in the market for modular housing. Sekisui House is one of the largest Steel and Wood Frame manufacturers of prefabricated housing in Japan, supplying over 60,000 houses and flats annually.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES: To create Sekisui Heim, high-tech machine tools are combined with the techniques of skilled workers. Single Family Optimally exploiting both sides means high performance houses are produced.
It takes only 60 days from the demolition of old buildings and land consolidation to the delivery of a new COVERAGE AREA: house. Heim's units, furnished with household facilities subject to complete factory quality control, can be
Japan, China, Malaysia, assembled in a single day on-site, with the roofs also installed the same day.
Singapore, with offices in the Sekisui Heim began building in Thailand in 2013. Sekisui House now has factories in Australia and China, U.S. and Australia and in 2017, they acquired Woodside Homes. They are in the process of exploring how to bring their capabilities to the U.S.
WEBSITES: http://sekisuichemical.com/index.html www.sekisuihouse-global.com COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Founded in 1976, Berkeley is London’s largest homebuilder, building 4,000 homes a year. Modular Construction
The company has committed 20 percent of its output to factory-built homes and plans a bigger amount in the future via its own modular housing factory. In February 2018, it was reported that Berkeley is set to PRODUCTS/SERVICES: build a modular homes factory in Kent, England. The factory will be “capable of producing 1,000 modules Residential Developments for homes a year including plumbing, electrics, internal finishing, flooring and fittings.” It will start small Townhomes with 16 prefabs in southeast London but has another 50 in the pipeline. Multifamily Single Family For now, Berkeley partners for off-site construction. The structural frame, walls and parts are made and COVERAGE AREA: assembled in a factory and then transported as “pods,” or modular units. They can have a brick skin or London and southeast England another type of cladding plus cosmetic architectural details added on-site. The whole process is quicker and cheaper than onsite building since it is less prone to weather delays and skill shortages. Berkeley said that in Kidbrooke, one recent development, the £800,000 ($1 million) Urban Houses are about £400,000 cheaper than similar-size houses in a nearby neighborhood.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Citu plans to prefabricate hundreds of homes a year, focusing on zero emissions waste from transporting Timber Frame materials between the factory and the site, and has planning permission for about 900 homes so far in Sheffield and Leeds. Citu partners with local suppliers to source over 70% of the materials required for a Citu home, further reducing transport-related emissions and supporting local businesses.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES Affordable Housing with The highly insulated homes are built with energy efficient timber frame developed by the company. This Low-carbon Footprint saves almost one ton of CO2 per cubic meter of material used versus traditional building materials. It also has the best thermal insulation properties of any building material, and Citu has designed it to be ten times more air-tight than required by UK building regulations.
COVERAGE AREA: In its latest project, the company is developing 153 Passiv Haus homes in Little Kelham, Sheffield, Yorkshire; facility in the Climate combining the latest in ecological building techniques with smart technology that allows residents to work Innovation District of Leeds with together to manage their energy use. plans for six additional factories
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Established in 1990 as Century Homes and acquired by Kingspan in 2005, Kingspan Limited is Ireland’s Timber Frame leading provider and innovator of modern methods of off-site construction, with over 40 years’ experience. Code+ to Passive House Their timber frame systems offer high performance solutions to both the residential and commercial sectors for a broad range of projects—exceeding regulatory requirements and having the potential to PRODUCTS/SERVICES: deliver Zero Carbon Buildings. Design + Engineering Manufactured Wall, Roof, Floor Systems Kingspan Century is the model that Entekra’s FIOSS system is based on. They offer holistic design Delivery support at every stage of the project, from inception through to handover (see diagram on next page). Erection / Erection Oversight Performance Testing Fully approved 3D models are used to create CNC data for their automated CAD/CAM production lines.
COVERAGE AREA: All panels are manufactured in adherence with ISO and OHSAS standards and signed-off prior to shipping to site. A nationwide network of erection teams can be deployed to build the structure on-site on UK the client's behalf or assist their own erection teams. Completed structures are tested to ensure performance.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Legal & General is a multinational financial services company that began in London in 1836. Over the Modular Construction years it has diversified by partnering with and acquiring other companies. In February 2016, L&G announced that it would open the largest home-building factory in Europe. Its new division, Legal & General Homes, signed a long-term lease with warehouse owner Logicor on a 550,000 square foot PRODUCTS/SERVICES: warehouse outside of Leeds. Single Family Flats The new factory has the capacity to build 3,000 houses or 4,500 flats a year. Recent reports say the Built to Rent company will deliver and install the first homes on site before the end of June 2018. L&G secured a large site in Berkshire with planning consent for 1,500 homes, but the company is still keeping confidential the
COVERAGE AREA: locations of the first homes from its modular factory.
England, Wales, Scotland Homes will be built using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) panels, with sustainably sourced wood. Homes will arrive on site almost complete with kitchens, bathrooms, doors, ironmongery, painting and even carpets all fitted in the factory and certified as defect free.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Low Carbon Construction is a developer-constructor focused on building modular affordable homes to the Modular Construction highest standards using Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs).
Homes are constructed in a modular form, within a temperature-controlled Offsite/Onsite™ factory, which PRODUCTS/SERVICES: is located on the development site where homes will be built. The factories are demountable and Affordable Homes reusable. The construction method is known as the SIP Volumetric build system and it is not only unique, Apartments but one of the most sustainable and environmentally-friendly methods of construction in the world. The Single Family Hemsec SIPs can be used for floors, internal and external walls (loadbearing and non-loadbearing). LCC can create flat or pitched roofs. SIPs create an open roof void in pitched roofs so there is no need for
COVERAGE AREA: trusses.
Unclear The company can deliver five homes per week on each site. A freehold three-bedroom, two-bathroom, 90- square meter semi-detached house costs £179,995.00 or rents for £695.00 per month. The company announces prices each January. LCC has a target of building 10,000 affordable homes a year.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: nHouse offers spacious, affordable and contemporary homes, each hand-crafted using the highest quality Modular Construction materials. The company’s nHouse (the “n” stands for “new”) is an innovative offsite constructed home created by award-winning architect Richard Hywel Evans. Built with cross laminated timber (CLT) panels, the homes are green and full of lifestyle technology. nHouse can be delivered and assembled anywhere. PRODUCTS/SERVICES: Its starting price is less than $268,000. Single Family
The company produces nHouse for DIY builders, volume developers, housing associations, local authorities and other organizations. The nHouse can be set up as a detached house, semi-detached or as COVERAGE AREA: a terraced property. It’s available in three- and four-bedroom configurations with an optional car port. Based in England, but will ship anywhere In early 2018, the company opened a factory in Peterborough with the capacity to build 400 homes a year, complete with light fittings, bathrooms, bookshelves and kitchens. nHouse is made from a minimum of four separate modules, each taking 16 days to be finished on the production line. The company claims it can build a house in 20 days in the factory which can then be erected on site in half a day.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Persimmon has long had a factory in central England, part of a business called Space4, that makes Timber Frame prefabricated timber frames for about 40% of all its houses.
PRODUCTS/SERVICES Space4 produces highly insulated wall panels and roof cassettes as a "fabric first" solution to the Timber Frames, Wall Panels construction of new homes. Space4's unique modern method of construction system helps Persimmon to + Roof Cassettes Apartments address three main challenges in housing delivery -- affordability, energy efficiency and construction Single Family industry skills shortages. This business supports all of Persimmon’s brands -- Persimmon Homes, Executive Housing Charles Church and Westbury Partnerships -- and supplied 6,450 timber frame kits to the group's Affordable Housing housebuilding businesses in 2017.
COVERAGE AREA: Persimmon also owns Brickworks, which manufactures concrete bricks, and Tileworks (opened in 2018) England, Wales, Scottland will manufacture concrete roof tiles. These capabilities help support the company’s overall construction capacity and contribute toward securing availability of key material components.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Your Housing Group recently announced a historic joint venture deal with WElink Group, a renewable Modular Construction energy company, which will see thousands of homes built across the UK through an initial investment, A goal of 25,000 low-carbon while accessing China National Building Material Company’s (CNBM) technology, financial support and homes per year by 2022 leverage for additional investment in the UK. PRODUCTS/SERVICES Affordable Housing The development concept uses Barcelona Housing Systems which is state of the art, energy efficient, For Sale + For Rent modular constructed housing. This system of construction also differs from other modular housing already Student Housing Retirement Housing in the sector as it will combine British precision produced steel frames and modern composite materials, which means the developments are both low carbon and energy efficient in their construction and in their COVERAGE AREA: operation.
Throughout the UK; expanding to six factories As part of the deal, the JV will also build up to six factories at strategic locations across the UK, which will produce up to 25,000 homes per year, making it the UK’s leading modular housing developer.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Building Components Modular Pods
Laing O’Rourke is an international engineering firm. It funds, designs, manufactures, constructs and PRODUCTS/SERVICES: maintains the built environment. The company works collaboratively with public and private sector clients Mixed Use Development to do large-scale residential and commercial projects. It has a state-of-the-art Explore Manufacturing plant For Rent + For Sale Shared Ownership in Derbyshire. Affordable Rent
Stanhope is a development company, majority owned by its management together with Mitsui Fudosan COVERAGE AREA: and AIMCo (Alberta Investment Management Corp). West London
In February 2018, Stanhope chose Laing O’Rourke as its construction partner for a five-year housing development project, which will use Laing O’Rourke’s offsite manufacturing capability. Stanhope also is in a joint venture with housing association Network Homes, which plans to identify and build out multiple sites over the next five years. COMPANY (PARTNERSHIP) PROFILE
The trio’s first venture, a $266 million project that includes about 550 homes next to Southall railway station in west London, will have a mix of rentals, for-sale, approximately 180 homes for shared ownership and affordable rent, 20,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, and flexible work space.
Building will be a combination of traditional and modern methods of construction, with elements such as bathrooms, balconies and paneling being factory-built before installation on site, reducing build time and cost.
WEBSITES: http://laingorourke.com http://www.stanhopeplc.com/ https://www.networkhomes.org.uk/ COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Anchor Homes started as a general building and cabinet making business in 2005. The company Timber modules began a side line of modular building and grew rapidly. It now builds over 50 modular homes a year. Homes are usually between one and four modules but can be customized.
HOUSING PRODUCTS: Modules are built on an engineered sub floor system with timber wall and roof construction. The Transportable modular homes modules are constructed with significant additional structural components designed to give each module more strength to counter the additional stresses imposed on the modules during transport. This in turn means that once on site, the bracing qualities of Anchor Homes are far superior to that of traditional construction. COVERAGE AREA: Stratford, Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Archiblox is mainly residential practice building houses with a strong sustainable focus. It offers Complete modules including turnkey ready (which takes about 10-14 weeks to complete) or custom homes. Designs are created in elements such as kitchen a studio in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Richmond, pre-fabricated in Laverton, and distributed appliances and bathroom fixtures around Australia. Among Archiblox’s honors is the distinction of being the only Australian architecture firm named as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. HOUSING PRODUCTS:
Custom residential and For residential projects, Archiblox offers an end-to-end service that includes a project manager and commercial projects ranging from an early childhood center to an team. For commercial projects, the company works directly with the client or with other architects to aged care facility -- and everything meet the project’s demands and fast track the end result. in between
COVERAGE AREA: Archiblox’s modules vary in size and the company generally produces the largest modules in Victoria, Sydney and all of New South which can go up to 18 meters in length. Wales, Brisbane and all of Queensland, Canberra and all of ACT, Adelaide and all of South Australia WEBSITE: http://archiblox.com.au COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Established in 2016, Bedrock builds high-quality bathroom and custom modular solutions, which are Ready-to-fit volumetric delivered to a builder’s site when needed. They are tested and certified and come complete, defect construction free, and compliant with all Australian codes.
The company designs, manufactures, delivers and assists with installations. They do volume orders – HOUSING PRODUCTS: six to 1,000 units. Bedrock’s first project was the installation of 800 bathroom and laundry modules. Bathrooms, laundry rooms, kitchens, building modules for affordable housing, student accommodation, hotels, aged care
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Hickory is at the forefront of innovation and new technologies and through its associated divisions - Modular construction Hickory Building Systems, Sync bathroom pods, Crane Logistics, Hickory Structures, Fit-out and Concrete structures + form work Façades. It offers clients integrated, turn-key project solutions.
The company self-performs over 60% of the work on its construction projects (including structure, HOUSING PRODUCTS: carpentry and façade). This enables Hickory greater control over project costs and schedule and Commercial, hotels, multi-story minimizes the significant risks associated with subcontracting the majority of construction, particularly towers, apartments. Bathroom pods are used in hospitals, student on complex tall building projects. housing, hotels, and aged-care facilities. Hickory’s Sync Bathroom Pod System offers bathrooms that are fully tested and signed off pre- COVERAGE AREA: installation, eliminating defects at project completion. Australia
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Modscape designs and builds beautiful and functional modular homes and commercial projects (about Modular construction 40% of its work) across a range of industries – from healthcare and education to hospitality and Steel frame + SIPs transport. All of their modular homes and commercial projects are constructed at an innovative modular construction hub in Brooklyn, just 20 minutes from Melbourne CBD.
HOUSING PRODUCTS: Modscape uses fully welded structural steel frames. Structural insulated panels form the basis of the Retail, aged cared, educational floor, wall and ceiling components of each module. These are made using recyclable expanded facilities, hotels, single-family residential homes polystyrene sandwiched between two sheets of recycled Colorbond steel. The pacific teak timber used to clad some projects is sourced from sustainable plantation forests, and the floors are made of engineered hardwood timbers on a floating base. All windows and glass doors are double-glazed as a COVERAGE AREA: standard, and all paints are low VOC. Australia
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Prebuilt has more than 6,500 square meters of factory space in Melbourne’s outer eastern suburbs. Steel frame construction with They have has “economized” its design offerings with standard details that don’t have to be reinvented sustainable hardwood paneling – full height doors, skirting style, bathroom and kitchen styles, with timber type and color being the few variations. Building a modular/prefab home takes between six to 12 weeks. Prebuilt’s houses, including the HOUSING PRODUCTS: kitchens and bathrooms, are fully plumbed and wired in the factory, with light fittings and power points Commercial and government in place and ready for connection when installed onsite. projects, large-scale civic construction, multi-residential When they’re complete, an installation crew delivers housing modules, which are lowered in by crane. construction, architecture, engineering and cost estimating. Prebuilt’s five-meter wide sections are designed to cantilever out.
COVERAGE AREA: Since commencing operations in 2002, Prebuilt has constructed more than 300 houses with a wide Australia range of budgets from $100,000 to $2,500,000. From 2005, the company expanded to include Prebuilt Commercial (formerly Precom), which develops and constructs projects on a larger scale.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Unitised Building (“UB”) is a privately-held building technology group which has developed the UBTM Modular steel container System, a unique, globally applicable pre-fabricated building solution suitable for a wide variety of low, construction system medium and high-rise residential, hotel, hospital and remote housing construction projects. The technology enables buildings to be delivered in up to half the time of traditional methods of HOUSING PRODUCTS: construction – whilst achieving (amongst other things) significant cost savings and a lighter, higher Low-, medium- and high-rise residential, hotel, hospital and quality finished product. remote housing construction projects. The UBTM System also offers developers almost endless design, façade and structural options and is readily adaptable to almost any building type and height. With no set room size or module height or COVERAGE AREA: width, the system adapts to the specific design features of any given project, allowing it to follow, not Australia, Singapore, China dictate the architectural design. This flexibility is a key point of differentiation in the global marketplace and sets UB apart from all other competing modular or pre-fabrication technologies.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Bien-Zenker and sister company, Living Haus, specialize in sustainable, green and efficient design Green Efficient Living and construction of prefabricated homes in Hesse, Germany. Winners of multiple Plus X Awards Living Haus including Best Product, Most Innovative Brand and Best Design Brand, along with their certification from the German Sustainable Building Council, Bien-Zenker sets very high quality standards for HOUSING PRODUCTS: themselves and their homes. They further back that quality with external inspectors and constant Single-Family and Two-Family Houses, Multi-Family Housing, monitoring of finished houses, 30-year warranties on construction, and 5-year warranties on all other Bungalows, Row Houses, services. Apartments, Duplexes and Townhouses. Their Living Haus brand also promises and delivers on fixed-price guarantees to ensure contract COVERAGE AREA: transparency and punctual service on all of their homes. Germany - headquartered in, and producing out of, Schlüechtern; 80,000 homes built across Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: FingerHaus is a prefabricated timber construction and design company located in northern Hesse, Production 4.0 Germany. With one of the industry’s most advanced home construction factories, FingerHaus Energy Plus ensures quality, precision, efficiency and reduces waste with their Production 4.0 system and machinery. HOUSING PRODUCTS: Single-Family and Multi-Family Houses, Tiny Houses, Apartments As the country’s leader in geothermal energy, and with a wide variety of smart home automation and Bungalows. options, from rainwater harvesting and solar systems to whole-home connectivity, FingerHaus works to stay ahead in safety, comfort, and energy-efficiency. With their Energy Plus homes, they offer renewable and environmentally-friendly energy options to help home buyers save in energy costs. COVERAGE AREA: Energy Plus homes are designed to produce more energy than what is needed to run the home, Germany – headquarters and therefore giving home buyers the option to use that energy for other electronics, such as electric factory located in Waldeck- Frankenberg ; building over 700 vehicles. homes annually, and have built over 13,000 homes to date; 30 consultancy firms across Germany WEBSITE: www.fingerhaus.de COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: Huf Haus was built on, and is well-known for, their signature post and beam designed, sustainable Turnkey Solutions and individualized prefabricated homes. Through The Huf Group, they provide a network of specialists Energy Efficiency for every aspect of the home, from the heating and cooling all the way out to garden design. They also provide the architects, designers, planners, builders, finance, and the materials to build exactly what HOUSING PRODUCTS: the home buyer wants. Providing extensive services through their ServiceART team, from re-modeling Single-Family and Multi-Family Houses, Duplexes, Townhouses, and renovation to maintenance and cleaning, Huf Haus works to ensure that every customer is taken Apartments, Bungalows, and care of, from the design and planning phase, to well beyond their move-in day. Commercial Construction.
Huf Haus works with selected suppliers and contractors who take equal pride, to Huf Haus, in their COVERAGE AREA: work. With continued membership with multiple organizations specializing in prefabricated housing, Germany - headquartered in quality assurance and sustainable building, Huf Haus’ philosophy stands to fully satisfy their home Hartenfels with a manufacturing plant near Bonn; limiting buyer. themselves to building 150 homes a year all throughout Europe.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: Schwörer Haus is a prefabricated home manufacturer that works to build sustainably produced and FlyingSpaces ecologically-optimized healthy housing. One of their unique offerings is a modular building option Ecologically-Optimized called FyingSpaces, a flexible, mobile and cost-effective living solution that can be used as an Production Cycle Energy Plus Housing attachment, extension or a standalone home. They have also developed an Energy Plus house, while not yet on the market, the home is capable of generating more energy than what is needed for the home, allowing it to fuel other energy dependent features, such as electric vehicles. Offering HOUSING PRODUCTS: personalized consultation and planning services, reliably monitored quality, and a 12 month price Single-Family and Multi-Family Houses, Tiny Houses, Apartments guarantee, Schwörer Haus tries to be the home buyer’s one-stop service for every home need. With and Bungalows. additional optional services, such as future modernization, Schwörer Haus builds a lasting relationship with the home buyer, potentially increasing profitability and decreasing future marketing costs. COVERAGE AREA: With a key focus on Ecologically-Optimized Production, Schwörer Haus only uses local PEFC timber Germany - headquartered in, and manufacturing out of, to help reduce CO2 emissions, reuses sawdust and wood scraps for fuel, and ensures a highly Hohenstein-Oberstetten; insulated and air-tight home, helping save both the environment, and in energy costs. produces between 800 and 1,000 homes a year mainly in Germany, Switzerland, and other surrounding European countries WEBSITE: www.schwoererhaus.de COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE
OFF-SITE FOCUS: WeberHaus is a manufacturer of eco-friendly and sustainable prefabricated timber frame homes. Ecological Insulation – OvoNatur Bringing together a weather and wind-tight home in just three days, WeberHaus minimizes on-site Passive House Design work and enhances construction efficiency. With their homes featuring turnkey and shell solutions and Apple HomeKit control systems, WeberHaus works to provide home buyers with the highest quality home while also saving them money in energy costs. WeberHaus homes also meet and exceed HOUSING PRODUCTS: healthy home standards and Passive House standards and are the only homes Environmentally Single-Family Housing, Multi- Family Housing and Commercial Medically Recommended. Building
WeberHaus showcases their “World of Living” exhibit near their factory and headquarters. With a full- COVERAGE AREA: size village of prefabricated model homes, a “Hall of Creation” with home furnishings and equipment, Germany - headquartered in and virtual home tours, WeberHaus works towards a stronger and longer-lasting customer Kamen and their factory located in Rheinau-Linx; 36,000 relationship. prefabricated homes built across Germany, Switzerland, and the UK.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: BoKlok is a modular housing concept that was developed by IKEA and Skanska, and came to market Prefabricated in 1997. Building 1,200 homes a year and 10,000 homes to date, BoKlok is an affordable and sustainable home solution.
HOUSING PRODUCTS: Boklok believes in fairness and efficiency. Therefore, unlike other developers, their living spaces are Multi-Family and Terraced Housing sold at IKEA, with buyers choosing which flat they will be buying via drawing order.
Their building materials and practices all focus on sustainability and efficiency, meaning their housing materials are made out of wood, rather than concrete, and are designed to maximize space, leading COVERAGE AREA: towards a greener future and more value for the home buyer. Sweden Factory located in Gullringen
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: A-Hus, A-Hus Pro and Derome Plusshus, are all part of the prefabricated and module housing division Prefabricated and module of Derome Group. A-Hus has been manufacturing houses out of Anneberg since 1946, and with their housing use of offsite solutions, they build manufactured houses across Sweden and the surrounding Nordic countries. HOUSING PRODUCTS:
Multi-Family and Single-Family Derome Group is the largest family-owned wood industry provider in Sweden. “From forest to finished and Multi-Story Commercial Construction house” being their mantra, they are a vertically integrated group that supplies their own inputs for their houses.. Building around 600 homes a year, or averaging more than a home a day, with a keen interest in sustainability, they focus their housing projects on reducing a home’s carbon footprint and replenishing the forests they use by planting 75 trees for every home they build. COVERAGE AREA: A-Hus: Sweden One of their most intensive projects includes their partnership with Volvo Cars and Vattenfall on the A-Hus Pro: Sweden & Europe Derome Plusshus: Sweden & “One Tonne Life” project. The pilot program succeeded in reducing carbon emissions by over 80%, or Norway down to 1 ton, compared to the average 7 tons produced per person per year, making it a truly “climate-friendly household”.
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OFF-SITE FOCUS: DESCRIPTION: Timber housing Lindbäcks is a family-owned prefabricated community and home builder that features fully automated manufacturing and lean production systems. Focused on environmentally friendly and resource- HOUSING PRODUCTS: efficient multi-family housing solutions in Sweden and on the West Coast, Lindbäcks uses an 80/20 Multi-Family Housing, Apartments, model of standardization to customization to maximize efficiency and stabilize costs. As the market Condominiums, Student Housing, leader in multi-family housing in Sweden, they maintain a 9-12 month pipeline to ensure constant Elderly Housing and Industrial Construction production and streamline their demand schedule.
Currently experiencing an expansion phase, with their production capacity reaching 2,400 apartments COVERAGE AREA: per year and currently delivering 20 turnkey apartments per week, Lindäcks further increases Sweden efficiency by using their own on-site assembly teams. With a sustainable future in mind, Lindäcks bases their work around their customers, respect and trust, innovation, safety and ethics.
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