SpaceMax Foldable Buildings Accelerate Emergency Operations
ModSpace has a new building solution to assist rapidly deployed disaster relief and military operations around the world, SpaceMax. It’s the world’s most versatile foldable building, and the fastest to...
View ArticleAnswering the Infrastructure Demand in America’s Shale Plays
America is in the middle of a natural gas boom. Exploration and extraction opportunities in the oil and gas plays, among others, are creating new jobs in a down economy and with them the need for...
View ArticleSpaceMax Foldable Building Breaks Assembly Speed Record
We told you in a recent blog post how SpaceMax is easily transported anywhere in the world by truck, train, boat or plane. Now you can see how the world’s most versatile foldable building can be...
View ArticleModular Construction Eases Rural Growing Pains
As energy exploration and extraction efforts take center stage in some of America’s most remote and undeveloped areas, rural economies are being forced to grow up fast. Civic and business leaders may...
View ArticleReport: Marcellus Shale Larger and More Cost Effective Than Originally Projected
An article just published by the Associated Press cites two recent studies that found the Marcellus Shale natural gas field is much larger and more cost effective to drill than originally projected in...
View ArticleCommercial Construction Surges in Canada
Modular control tower by ModSpace at Suncor Energy’s oil sands extraction facility in Alberta, Canada. Though still not back to pre-recession levels, Canada’s commercial construction sector appears to...
View ArticleU.S. to Overtake Russia, Saudi Arabia in Oil and Gas Production
U.S. energy production has taken a significant step forward in recent years, particularly through new technologies that have allowed the extraction of gas from shale formations in places such as North...
View ArticleEnbridge Energy to Expand Pipeline Between North Dakota and Wisconsin
In an attempt to further capitalize on North Dakota’s skyrocketing oil industry, Enbridge Energy recently notified its stockholders that it will move forward with its $2.5 billion plan to expand its...
View ArticlePrefab Building Offers Housing for Los Angeles’ Homeless
Downtown 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...
View ArticleInside the Ultimate Antarctic Research Station
We’ve said before that modular is an ideal building method when it comes to adding facilities in remote locations. Well, it doesn’t get any more remote than Antarctica. It’s desolate landscape and...
View Article3 Industries Made for Modular
Bayside Marina Hotel, Yokohama, Japan As modular grows in popularity and architects find new uses for prefab, three industries are best suited to take advantage of the benefits of building offsite. A...
View ArticleRelief to Recovery: 3 Ways Modular Buildings Help Communities Post-disaster
Staffers ready FEMA’s mobile hospital in Louisville, MS. Photo: Mike Koplitz/FEMA When natural disasters strike, rapid response is vital to bringing aid into an affected community. Ongoing support is...
View Article5 Ways to Improve Oil and Gas Worksite Productivity with Modular Buildings
Modular buildings are an optimal solution for improving remote oil and gas projects as companies expand into new, untapped locations. Buildings can be quickly transported and setup almost anywhere to...
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