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Housing, Industrialized: Designing for Off-Site

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Builders Volumetric Building Companies' Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory “Design casts the biggest shadow in the whole process,” says Sara Logan, AIA, VP of design and Volumetric Building Companies , a vertically integrated modular provider based in Philadelphia.

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Modular Builder VBC On the Verge of $25-Million Buy for Katerra Assets

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Modular and other off-site factory builders of prefabricated homes have long been fighting an uphill battle with a supply chain that is geared to serving stick frame building with products that install easier in the field than in the factory. “Our Off-Site Construction. Off-Site Construction. Modular Homes.

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FEATURE STORY: 2013 Economic Development Deal of the Year Awards

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Apple’s new manufacturing facility will rise on the site of the former First Solar plant in Mesa, AZ. “Arizona’s team moved quickly to put together an attractive package that put the Mesa site front and center as Apple considered locations for its renewed commitment to U.S. Photo: solarsystems-usa.net). manufacturing.”

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don't think: Do Revit: A Tale of Two Normals

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As anyone who has used Revit to model geometry knows it does not really seem to care about "normals", which if youre familiar with most other 3D modeling software you know exactly what Normals are, even in Sketch-Up! Labels: hack , Massing , modeling tools , Revit , Vasari. This site is very good.Thank you. at 10:44 PM.

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don't think: Do Revit: House Panels

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Our Revit model is soon to be created in reality. I would love to see the model to final comparison if you had some images? So far we are tight to the design (model). I've posted pics of construction on Google Plus, so far it really does look like the model! Philadelphia Revit Users. dont think: Do Revit.

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Business Facilities Names 2013 Deal of the Year Winners

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“Arizona’s team moved quickly to put together an attractive package that put the Mesa site front and center as Apple considered locations for its renewed commitment to U.S. Steve Beshear and Toyota officials announced in April that the Georgetown plant would be the site of the first-ever U.S. manufacturing.”

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Vaughan Buckley on Restarting a Former Katerra Factory

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In a 2018 interview with Pro Builder, Vaughan Buckley, then president of his own construction company in Philadelphia, stated his intent to be at the forefront of what he envisioned as a vastly different construction market by 2030. So it's a little different than trying to redesign a site-built building. Mike Beirne, Senior Editor.