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made it possible for these facilities to be delivered to a site and ready for use in as little as three days or built and fully operational in less than two months . The ability to provide timely solutions empowered healthcare facilities and their workers to provide the testing and care people needed . In fact , modular building solutions offered space for care in rural and remote places where there wasn ’ t any before .
A better way to build
John McMullan at the Modular Building Institute notes that modular construction is an ideal option for buildings that have lots of repeated design features such as apartments , hotel rooms , office buildings , and more . Factories can create lots of identical or extremely similar units efficiently and deliver them in a timely manner .
However , he states : “ When a building is very unique or located in an area that makes the transportation of modules very difficult , modular construction may not be ideal .” There are a lot of things modular construction can do that stick-built can ’ t . Climate change , a continued housing crisis , and even future pandemics offer an opportunity for modular construction to show the world what it ’ s made of . It might be the only hope for sustainable building practices as land becomes scarcer and efforts to protect the planet become amplified . Two aspects of modular construction that have the power to become highly attractive to environmentally conscious end-users are a smaller footprint and greener practices .
“ I feel very fortunate to be part of this industry for so many years ,” says Garth
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