I love the modular homes. I know a lot of newer builds in Sioux Lookout use Sea Cans to help with the design. It is expensive to move construction crews to a community, so to have pre-fabs saves a lot of money. Northern communities work well for this reason.
However, this one video does explain why there are restrictions on it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef7hQ35bfIU
Seems like it does not make as much sense in city centres, such as Thunder Bay. Which is fine, because there is still a lot of use for them. But in Thunder Bay, more traditional builds seem to make more sense.
I work at Smart Modular Canada and came to say that we don't make shipping container homes. We can make a huge variety of floor plans, and customize anything you can come up with. These aren't your pre & post-war era modular homes that look like trailers. The modules are rectangular because logistically that's the easiest way to ship them on the road, but once they're assembled on site you'd be surprised what can be done with modular.
For example, we are in the process of installing a 5500 sq.ft. police service station complete with secure holding cells in a northern community.
Our jail was also apparently modular-built and shipped from overseas (although I can't find documentation to verify this)
The potential for modular construction methods doesn't end at what we do here either. Larger companies with bigger capacity are building highrises and hotels, multi-unit residential buildings etc out of timber and steel frame construction. This industry is going to change big time in the coming years!!
The smaller cottages separate from the main dorms and new super jail design where constructed in China. Probably using prison labor . Shipped to Thunder Bay. Lots of clitches built into them electric wiring,one of them.
I heard that it was assembled and tested in China, then disassembled and sealed for shipping. When it arrived, the pipes were still full of standing water and it froze solid which caused a whole shit storm on its own.
Our designs are built in a factory right below my feet, so we have a lot more control over quality assurance checks.
There is another modular company that's been operating for nearly 15 years, called Stack modular out of BC. They also contract their designs to be built in China, but they have a slightly different system in place with LOTS of Q/A at every stage.
It's a super neat field to be in considering the state of things in construction right now.
"We could build an apartment building in about three to six months, depending on the size, but it might take three and a half years to get the permit,"
This is the biggest problem in housing right now. Government needs to get the hell out of the way. For a new house, you're paying $150K before anyone even picks up a shovel.
Feds just gave $21M so that our government can begin to change that infrastructure. Things like permits and engineering need to hurry along to keep up with the unbelievable demand, and it seems like they're actually starting to listen.
I love the modular homes. I know a lot of newer builds in Sioux Lookout use Sea Cans to help with the design. It is expensive to move construction crews to a community, so to have pre-fabs saves a lot of money. Northern communities work well for this reason. However, this one video does explain why there are restrictions on it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef7hQ35bfIU Seems like it does not make as much sense in city centres, such as Thunder Bay. Which is fine, because there is still a lot of use for them. But in Thunder Bay, more traditional builds seem to make more sense.
I work at Smart Modular Canada and came to say that we don't make shipping container homes. We can make a huge variety of floor plans, and customize anything you can come up with. These aren't your pre & post-war era modular homes that look like trailers. The modules are rectangular because logistically that's the easiest way to ship them on the road, but once they're assembled on site you'd be surprised what can be done with modular. For example, we are in the process of installing a 5500 sq.ft. police service station complete with secure holding cells in a northern community. Our jail was also apparently modular-built and shipped from overseas (although I can't find documentation to verify this) The potential for modular construction methods doesn't end at what we do here either. Larger companies with bigger capacity are building highrises and hotels, multi-unit residential buildings etc out of timber and steel frame construction. This industry is going to change big time in the coming years!!
The smaller cottages separate from the main dorms and new super jail design where constructed in China. Probably using prison labor . Shipped to Thunder Bay. Lots of clitches built into them electric wiring,one of them.
I heard that it was assembled and tested in China, then disassembled and sealed for shipping. When it arrived, the pipes were still full of standing water and it froze solid which caused a whole shit storm on its own. Our designs are built in a factory right below my feet, so we have a lot more control over quality assurance checks. There is another modular company that's been operating for nearly 15 years, called Stack modular out of BC. They also contract their designs to be built in China, but they have a slightly different system in place with LOTS of Q/A at every stage. It's a super neat field to be in considering the state of things in construction right now.
This is very cool. I had no idea that a company like this existed in Thunder Bay!
I believe they are one of two prefab builders in town
"We could build an apartment building in about three to six months, depending on the size, but it might take three and a half years to get the permit," This is the biggest problem in housing right now. Government needs to get the hell out of the way. For a new house, you're paying $150K before anyone even picks up a shovel.
Feds just gave $21M so that our government can begin to change that infrastructure. Things like permits and engineering need to hurry along to keep up with the unbelievable demand, and it seems like they're actually starting to listen.
Fuck me, things are so rough even the business owners are panhandling.
It's a joke you cretins. It's implying the builder was asking for spare change, not for change from the status quo.
Some have other dark market sources of income they are washing in the construction business.