Hurricane Resistant Modular Homes

When living in a hurricane prone area, it is necessary to make sure your home is designed to withstand heavy winds and rain. A prefabricated or hurricane resistant modular home is a durable solution for residents in these areas. A modular home is designed from the ground up to withstand storms, so you do not have to worry about possible damage.

Modular homes are primarily constructed off site from the very best materials. Factory construction allows modular homes to be constructed much faster than traditional construction because materials are protected from outdoor elements, ensuring quality and eliminating delays from poor weather conditions. As homes are being built, site work occurs simultaneously to install foundation, utilities and initial site grading. The home is then transported to the job site and installed before applying final finishes and connecting utilities.

This concurrent schedules results in a shorter construction timeline and earlier occupancy. The high quality materials and finishes used in the factory allow the modular home to withstand heavy wind loads.

Areas where homes have been affected by hurricanes can benefit from modular construction as well. When a devastating disaster displaces individuals and families, it can create an urgent need for permanent or temporary housing. Modular construction can provide homes to hurricane victims significantly faster than traditional construction methods and help victims quickly recover.

Pre-Fab Homes for Retirement Communities

Modular construction is a quick and comfortable alternative to traditionally-built senior living facilities. Modular construction fills the growing need for senior care by utilizing accelerating construction methods to allow nursing homes, retirement communities and assisted-living facilities to open their doors much faster than with site-built construction.

These residential communities can be designed single-story for convenience and can include amenities such as recreation rooms, dining halls, laundry rooms and health clinics. From cozy housing units to elegant community rooms, every part of the prefab modular structure is planned with the needs of the seniors in mind.

Modular senior housing is becoming the most flexible and efficient solution for senior living facilities. With the number of senior citizens expected to more than double by 2050, modular construction will continue to play a vital role in fulfilling the needs of senior citizens.

The Benefits of Modular Home Construction: Safety, Quality & Speed

There are many benefits to choosing a modular home instead of a traditionally built home. From the speed with which the homes are built, to the craftsmanship that goes into each home, there is no better option available.

In today's fast paced world, modular home construction is quickly becoming the preferred building method. This is because modular construction is the fastest method by which to build homes and is the safest way to construct. Each modular home is constructed off-site, in a climate controlled factory setting. With modular construction the weather will never affect the time frame in which buildings are built or the quality of materials. 

Additional Benefits of Modular Home Construction Include:

Safety – Because modular construction is primarily done inside, there are fewer weather related illnesses and injuries and a reduced risk of accidents and damages to the building. Additionally, there are less on-site traffic and site disturbances.

Quality - Modular homes are primarily constructed indoors therefore materials are protected from adverse weather conditions such as rain and snow that may otherwise compromise its quality. Every detail of the home is checked and rechecked before leaving the factory, ensuring quality.

Speed – Factory construction and site work occur simultaneously, resulting in a reduced construction timeline by 30-50 percent and earlier occupancy.

Modular housing results in faster occupancy for tenants. There is no limit to the style and design that can be incorporated into modular homes. Modular is the way of the future, both commercial and residential builders are quickly turning to the safer, high quality and faster way to build.

Prefabs Breaking The Stigma

The post-war rush to house large numbers of people as quickly as possible gave prefab or prefabricated or offsite homes a bad name leaving this stigma of cheap, ugly, poor quality, temporary accommodation. Approximately 156,000 prefab homes were erected after World War II. Sixty years on and the UK now has another housing shortage. Can we break the stigma and use offsite construction to resolve today’s housing crisis? Well we believe so and here’s why.

Offsite construction allows for shorter construction times compared with traditional methods:

• It enables works and foundations to be prepared simultaneously with offsite manufacturing and fit out of building sections.
• Because main construction takes place in a factory it eliminates weather disruption and lowers risk of delays.
• Construction processes are standardized and simplified due to repetition of the design modules.
• Sophisticated mechanical and electrical fit-out is easier to achieve through the use of, for example, pre-manufactured wiring looms.
• Greater quality control reduces time spent on defect corrections and call backs.

Offsite construction is more sustainable than traditional methods:

• Less material waste.
• Flexibility, buildings can be disassembled and the “modules” can be relocated or refurbished for another use.
• Adaptability, buildings can be extended quickly and simply with minimal disruption.
• Less material exposure to inclement weather.
• Less site disturbance, because of offsite construction.
• Manufacture takes place in a safe, controlled factory environment.

Some of you might be sat there thinking hang on this is not very revolutionary – the ideas of offsite construction have been around for decades. And yes your right they have take the post war prefabs as an example, but what modern day offsite construction has the ability to do is not only offer all the advantages of speed and sustainability but also offer design innovation in volume – something the existing UK prefab manufacturers are not used to.

Modern day offsite construction is revolutionary because in order to achieve design innovation in volume sophisticated manufacturing techniques are required, Philip Cuthbert Sales Representative at Prekons Construction Industry spoke out saying “There is a stigma in the UK around the use of prefabricated buildings for housing. The paradox is that people are more than happy to have critical healthcare in prefabricated buildings, but don’t want to live in one. If you see our latest developments I’d challenge  you to tell the difference between them and traditional builds”.

What we need is for the existing UK prefabricated building manufacturers to raise the stakes otherwise I think we are going to see some new names in the world of prefabrication.

Written By: zkenney

Source: http://www.prekons.co.uk/prefabs-breaking-the-stigma/

Choose Modular For Your First Home

Buying your first home is an exciting experience. Part of the first home experience is to decide what type of home you would like. A decision you may not have thought about is whether you are looking to have a traditional or modular home built.

Modular home construction has numerous advantages to it and knowing this information can be helpful in making that decision. Modular homes can be built rather quickly, sometimes within a few months. When you are buying your first home, you want to be able to get into it as soon as possible. With modular home construction, you will be able to move into your first home much faster than with traditional construction.

A modular home is primarily constructed indoors, in a climate controlled factory environment. This helps to ensure that all of the deadlines will be kept, the home is built to high standards and materials are kept protected from outdoor elements. This prevents any delays due to poor weather conditions and reduces site disruption and product waste.

Although the homes are built quickly, modular home builders take the time that is needed in order to build a quality home. Building codes have been set to ensure that all homes are built to the highest quality in both traditional and modular construction. Modular home builders ensure that no corners are cut and all building codes standards are met or exceeded.

Buying your first home is extremely exciting. Choosing modular home construction for your first home is a great way to get the home you want quickly while using efficient construction methods.