An innovative second-generation steel-composite modular construction system that is planned for use in GE Hitachi’s (GEH’s) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) plant could dramatically reduce the ...

GS Construction has taken a step closer to the commercialization of modular mid- to high-rise buildings by obtaining patents and technical certifications for the steel modular ‘fire resistance’ and ...

This steel system could change the way prefab buildings are built. Julian Bowron, designer of the Metaloq steel framing system, used a term I had not heard since 2015: "tolerance accumulation." It's ...

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volumetric Building Companies (VBC), one of the United States' largest multifamily volumetric modular and components businesses, announced today that the ...

Coupled steel-plate test specimens, shown before concrete filling is added, have various spacing and quantities of cross ties and shear studs. A radically different shear-wall core system for simpler ...

Thanks to a number of key innovations, steel is playing a greater role in residential high-rises, senior and student housing, and taller mixed-use developments, says architect Jayshree Shah, AIA, ...

Skender and Z Modular have signed an agreement to manufacture multifamily housing components in a factory on the southwest side of Chicago. Skender, a design, construction, and manufacturing firm, ...

A proposal by architecture faculty member Jin Young Song that envisions a more efficient assembly system for steel construction has been named the 2019 Forge Prize Grand Prize Winner. The two-stage ...

For the past five years, the construction industry has struggled to keep projects on time and on budget. Every change order can push schedules back by months, even years, leaving developers exposed to ...

MUMBAI, INDIA, July 8, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tata Steel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australia’s InQuik Group to bring its award-winning ...