Sustainable Modular Stories
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Modular vs. Stick Built and A Case for the Future of Construction
Do you remember the first time you heard about modular construction? Do you remember what your initial reaction was? Did you think it was cheap, low quality, poor insulation, ugly, and not built to last? Did a double-wide trailer appear in your mind?
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SMM Helps Build the Lady of the Sea Hospital
Sustainable Modular Management (SMM) helped to provide a temporary hospital for the Lady of the Sea’s. The temporary hospital is scheduled to open at the end of 2023.
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Child and Daycare Solutions: MODULAR DAYCARE Buildings
Modern times have called for modern solutions and the need for flexible to around-the-clock daycare options are in high demand. To meet this demand, modular daycare buildings and portable classrooms are a great solution to the increasing needs of working families.
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3 Benefits of Modular Office Buildings
Modular construction is a building method that’s growing in popularity due to innovative and affordable solutions, as well as long-term flexibility options. Modular construction offices are a great solution to the ongoing labor shortage too, as traditional construction is both an expensive and time-consuming option.
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Pacific Mobile Structures Acquires Sustainable Modular Management
Pacific Mobile Structures has acquired Sustainable Modular Management (SMM) a fellow family-owned modular building company based in Frisco, Texas.
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The Future of Modular Construction: Looking Towards 2023
Modular buildings are growing in popularity and the number of ways they can be used is also expanding. They can now be used for almost anything a permanent structure can be used for, including offices, retail stores and restaurants.
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Modular Church & Religious Buildings
Is your church and/or congregation growing? Modular construction offers the perfect solution to meet your growing needs. Maybe you’re starting a new church? A cost-effective way to get the doors open quickly is to build quickly and safely.
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Advantages of Using Temporary Modular Buildings as Swing Spaces
Modular buildings as swing spaces are a popular option because they are affordable, easy to move and relocate, environmentally friendly, and offer durable and customizable spaces.
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Modular Classrooms are the Answer for Filling Schools’ Crucial Needs
As the population continues to increase or states see a shift in where people decide to live, the need for efficient and safe teaching spaces has been growing at a fast rate.
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Commercial Modular Construction: A Practical Choice for New Businesses
In the last couple years, we’ve seen an explosion of new businesses being created as the “mass exodus” from 9-5 jobs continues. With that boom comes more entrepreneurs who are looking for a space of their own. Fortunately, modular construction buildings can help entrepreneurs build their own commercial building in the most economical way possible.
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Benefits of Using Modular Buildings and Temporary Structures for Disaster Relief
Modular construction buildings and temporary structures offer quick, and cost-effective solutions to many problems that arise. These unfortunate events seem to happen often and being prepared with a disaster relief plan and understanding of building options, is essential.
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The Growing Popularity of Leasing Storage Containers for Construction Sites
Modular buildings are nothing new, even though the rise in popularity is finally giving credit where credit is due. Construction sites have been using modular storage container and modular buildings as solutions to their problems for years.
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Why Commercial Modular Construction is Growing in Popularity
An increase in population and rapid urbanization offers opportunities for the growth of the modular construction market, as does the increase in needed healthcare facilities for an aging population. As the world evolves and construction needs change, modular construction buildings are equipped to handle a multitude of demands.
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Mobile Office Trailers Offer Customizable Options for Special Events
Mobile office trailers provide space to plan, stage, and execute events and productions. They can accommodate multiple needs, and at a lower price point than permanent buildings.
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Portable Classrooms – Knowing Which Size is Right for You
Schools are important part of our communities, and as populations increase and fluctuate, the need for modular and mobile classrooms has soared. Sustainable Modular Management (SMM) understands the importance of creating functional learning environments for students, teachers, administrative, and even office staff.
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SMM Tips For Renting and Leasing Mobile Office Trailer Space
Mobile office trailers are the go-to option for a range of needs from temporary space during a construction project to a faster, more affordable alternative to building new office space.
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Helping Protect the Army from COVID and Hitting #600
While vaccines race to market, SMM’s newest contract enables the Department of Defense (DoD) to provide America’s service men and women the protection and care they need with 21 new COVID screening and testing centers across five Army bases.
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Modular Construction’s Market Share Has Doubled in 5 Years. Here’s Why.
Modular building construction–manufacturing building components in an off-site factory and assembling them on-site–has historically been strong in markets where demand for new buildings is rising and labor markets are tight. But there’s more to the recent boom than these factors alone.
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The Top 10 FAQs of Modular Construction
People often have lots of questions about modular construction, even though its use in commercial and residential buildings dates back decades. Based on our experience working with clients in the healthcare, education, and government sectors, below are the top 10 frequently asked questions about this increasingly mainstream approach.
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Helping a Big Refinery Manage A Major Turnaround
Refineries are only profitable when they’re producing. So when it comes time for a turnaround, where production is paused for revamping or renewal projects, a lot of time, effort, and attention are poured into ensuring the work is done quickly and safely.
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Why MRI Buildings are Made for Modular Construction
As we’ve mentioned in the past, just about half of SMM’s business focuses on medical facilities. We specialize in this niche, and have built a solid reputation as one of the best in the field. What’s more, within the healthcare sector, we’re developing specialization in MRI modular units.
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Growing Gains
Well into our 10th year as leaders in the modular construction industry, we’re excited that the velocity of the number of projects continues to grow. To keep up with demand and bring new energy and skills to our team, we’ve added some new faces.
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Modular medical facilities are our specialty
For nearly 40 years, SMM has built a solid reputation on delivering modular commercial buildings. But what may be less obvious is our focus on medical facilities. In fact, about half of our business deals with medical facilities.
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The sky’s the limit: multi-story modular units
Last summer, the world’s tallest modular building was completed in Singapore. Named Clement Canopy, the project features double towers each standing 459 feet tall, housing a total of 505 luxury residential apartments. For the modular construction world, Clement Canopy is quite a feat.
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Modular solutions for population growth
On both ends of the spectrum as well as on a hyper-local level, modular construction plays an important role: it can give people all over the country (and world) alternative spaces to live, work, and play.
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Inclement weather? No problem.
If you’re from the Midwest or anywhere else in the country that’s burdened with a long winter, you may have heard this one before: “There’s really only two seasons: winter and construction.”
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Project of the Month: Carrigg Commercial Builders
At SMM, some of the jobs we’re most proud of aren’t won traditionally. In the case of our partnership with New Hampshire–based Carrigg Commercial Builders, we were assigned the job after a prior modular contractor was dismissed.
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How Modular Construction Can Save Classroom Overcrowding
The back-to-school hustle means different things to different people. Here at SMM, it’s often an opportunity to help overcrowded schools provide all of their students with safe, comfortable classrooms, built to order.
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Modular Construction’s Role in Natural Disaster Relief
In the South, hurricane season is underway, and September is often the peak of the season. But despite the increased worry about the weather, there’s good news. If and when disaster strikes, sustainable modular construction can offer timely solutions to those who have been displaced.
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Winning Fans with Modular Press Boxes
For many folks, September means one thing: football season. What does that have to do with modular buildings? Everything — if you’re forced to camp out in a press box on an 85-degree day. Especially for campuses with active sports teams, replacing an out-of-date wooden press box with a modular one can instantly give you…
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The Future of Daycare: Modular Construction
Working in modular construction, we build all kinds of buildings — from corporate office extensions to fully functioning emergency rooms. But among them all, there’s one type of building that’s constantly in demand: daycare centers.
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Project of the Month: Perry County Memorial Hospital
Recently, we were asked to move one of our custom-designed modular units from Missouri to Illinois, to give the building a second life in a new location. The move is an opportunity to renew our relationship with our client, Missouri-based Perry County Memorial Hospital, and serves as a great reminder of the longevity of our…
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SMM’s Summer Milestone
Last winter, we kicked off our tenth year as a leader in commercial modular construction. And this summer the celebration continues, as we mark a major milestone in our decade-long career: the awarding of our 500th project.
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Fact or Myth: Modular Buildings Outlast Stick-Built
Peoples’ perceptions of modular buildings are beginning to shift toward the positive. Even a handful of years ago, the word “modular construction” was mistakenly synonymous with trailers— boxy structures that didn’t have much character. Of course, at SMM, customizing and detailing our modular buildings is a specialty. But there’s still one rumor we’d like to…
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Making the Most of Modular
Many of our clients come to us knowing some of the benefits of modular construction. But in order for them to get the best out of their building-to-be, we approach each project by asking about as many details as possible up front, to be sure that we’re literally building in relevant features along the way.
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Modular Building Institute Award
The Inspira Oncology Center is a radiation therapy facility designed to treat patients receiving treatment in Woodbury, NJ. This modern modular building was designed to improve the patient experience and house state-of-the-art medical equipment.
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Ease of Upgrade
Modular construction is an alternative that alleviates many of those concerns. It’s quicker to build, more efficient, and cost-effective. And it works for a variety of industries.
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Offsite Construction
Traditionally, when we think of construction, we can imagine a team of men and women in hard hats showing up early to a site in their cars or pick-up trucks, coffee in hand, ready to work. Sometimes, that’s the requirement. Today, the process of construction has changed. There’s another way. It’s called offsite construction.
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Modular Construction and Natural Disasters
Nobody likes to think about worst case scenarios. But in 2017, natural disasters resulted in nearly 306 billion dollars in damages in the United States. From wildfires to floods and tornados, there’s an increased risk of these continued catastrophes.
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Why Schools Should Use Modular Construction
Historically, school administrators have viewed modular construction as more of a temporary solution for development challenges like overcrowded classrooms, tight budgets, and inconvenience. As research and time have started to show, modular construction is often a more advantageous alternative for the education industry.
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20% of the Energy We Use is to Power Commercial Buildings
According to the U.S. Department of Energy about 20% of the energy we use is to power commercial buildings. We can all agree that if we’re using energy, it should be used efficiently.
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Customizing Your Modular Building
Modular construction is an appealing option for many reasons. Buildings are reusable, transportable, cost and energy efficient. But when determining if modular construction is the ideal option for your project, you might be wondering about its capabilities. Can it handle the specific requirements for your project?
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How Government Can Utilize Modular Construction
When it comes to modular government buildings, SMM has experience in everything from high security clearance complexes to military barracks.
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What’s Next for Modular Construction
Modular construction continues to gain recognition and subsequently momentum as more and more sectors are turning to this alternative mode of construction to reap its wealth of benefits. Let’s take a look at what’s making waves in our industry and the changes you can expect to see on the horizon.
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The Benefits of Leasing a Modular Building
Are you in need of additional space but don’t want to invest in a permanent structure? Most modular construction providers give you the option to lease a building instead of outright purchasing it. Even better, modular providers oftentimes have existing inventory readily available which is a great way to save time and money.
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Modular Building Codes, Permits and Certifications
Just like site-built construction, modular construction must be built to meet proper codes and requires you to obtain certain building permits. Building regulations vary from project to project depending on location of installation as well as the intended use for the building. Your modular construction provider will work with you to secure the necessary permits,…
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Is Modular Construction Right For You?
Are you debating between traditional construction and modular construction for an upcoming project? Modular construction is a cost-effective and time conscious way to build temporary and permanent structures. Below we’ve put together a list of questions to help you identify if modular construction is the right solution for you.
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Modular Construction Myths, Debunked
Modular construction gets a bad rap; people mistakenly see it as cheap, poor quality and overall less aesthetically appealing than conventional construction. Modular construction is in fact a sound mode of construction that delivers high-quality buildings that are both aesthetically and structurally sound that can meet your temporary and permanent needs. Here we debunk all…
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SMM Builds Modular Oncology Center
We are proud to announce the completion of our latest project, a 6,000 sq ft freestanding radiation therapy center built for the Inspira Medical Center. Located in Woodbury, New Jersey, the facility will supplement their current treatment program with its Varian Linear Accelerator Therapy equipment, a new CT simulator, state-of-the-art examination rooms, offices and other…
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Modular Construction Timelines
When it comes to construction, timelines are crucial. Unfortunately, they can abruptly change, creating costly delays. Modular construction greatly reduces the chance of delays because modules are fabricated indoors, however there are a few things to take into consideration as you begin planning a modular construction project.
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Modular Construction FAQs
Do you have an upcoming construction project? Are you unsure if modular construction can meet your needs? We’ve compiled a list of frequently asked questions to help clarify any misunderstandings or questions you may have about modular construction, the process, materials and more.
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3 Ways Modular Construction is Sustainable
Want an environmentally-friendly building that is sustainably constructed, takes less time to build, and can save you money? Then look no further than modular construction. Modular construction is an overall greener mode of construction, from the fabrication process to the structure itself. Here’s how.
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The Design Process of Modular Construction
During the design phase of the modular construction process, your structure will start to take shape. You’ll work with your modular construction provider to make crucial design decisions that range from the dimensions of different rooms to the exterior finishes. To help make sure you’ve got all of your bases covered, we’ve listed out the…
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5 Ways Modular Construction Saves You Money
In the world of construction, things can get a little unwieldy. There are a lot of moving parts (literally) and it only takes one wrong measurement or misstep to result in one huge setback. And while you can take certain measures to prevent mistakes from happening, you’re better off preparing for the unknown and factoring…
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Building Installation and Site Completion Checklist
Now that you’ve taken the necessary steps to develop your construction site, you can start preparing for the installation and occupation of your modular building. Here’s a checklist of the remaining site work you need to do before you can call the project a wrap.
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Developing a Construction Site
With a construction site confirmed and the green light to begin building your modular structure, you can start preparing the site for building delivery and installation. This stage of modular construction significantly reduces your construction timeline because building fabrication takes place at the same time as site development, unlike stick built construction.
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Is the Future of Education Modular?
After 10 years in the modular industry, we’ve come to understand the unique building and space challenges of different sectors. We’ve worked on countless projects and provided our clients and their communities with innovative solutions, always in a timely and budget-friendly fashion. That’s why it comes to no surprise to us that modular buildings are…
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Permanent vs. Temporary Modular Buildings
Modular construction offers a wealth of benefits ranging from cost efficiency to durability. A number of different industries utilize this alternative to traditional construction, because as you’ll learn, it’s built to fit your needs. One of the key differences between modular construction and traditional, stick built construction is that modular structures are designed to be…
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Announcing New SMM Office Openings!
At SMM, we’re committed to delivering outstanding modular construction services to our customers. In an ongoing effort to bring you a seamless modular construction experience with full support and industry expertise, we’re proud to announce the opening of two new offices located in Greenwood Village, Colorado and Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Three Reasons Why Healthcare Should Build Modular
As people look for time and cost effective building solutions, more and more are turning to modular construction. From commercial buildings to the government offices, modular buildings are fulfilling the varied needs of multiple sectors.
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Modular Construction: What’s it Made Of?
When it comes to modular construction, the question of quality often arises. Are modular buildings sturdy? Are they built to last? How can a modular building be structurally sound if it is made of modules? The fact is, modular buildings are made out of the same sturdy materials that are used to build conventional construction.
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Modular Construction Checklist: Where to Get Started
Are you planning a modular construction project in 2018? When it comes to planning for a successful build, it’s crucial to have a team of experts working with you to help execute your vision. If you aren’t sure where to get started, or perhaps you are confused about financing, we’re here to help.
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How to Finance Your Modular Build
When it comes to financing your modular build, you should know all of your options upfront. Whether you intend to outright purchase your modular structure or lease it, you should speak directly with your construction provider to learn about their options and be prepared to establish the proper financing needed.
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How Modular Construction is More Sustainable
Did you know modular construction is a greener way to build? The indoor manufacturing of modular units not only cuts down your construction timeline and costs, it can reduce pollution and waste associated with traditional construction.
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Rebuilding After Natural Disasters with Modular Construction
From one of the worst hurricane seasons we’ve seen in years, to unprecedented forest fires in California, the natural disasters that swept through in 2017 have left mass destruction in their wake. The devastation from strong winds, fires and heavy flooding damaged innumerable buildings beyond repair and left communities in need of rebuilding. With time…
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Don’t Waste Money on Traditional Construction, Go Modular
Modular construction involves off-site construction, usually in a large plant or factory setting, where modular units are manufactured and later transported and installed to a designated site. Modular construction is often overlooked due to the misconceptions that the result is less aesthetically appealing or stable as opposed to conventional construction.
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Modular Construction: A Better Building Solution
Modular construction offers a wealth of benefits, starting with being cost-effective and overall more efficient than traditional construction. Modular buildings are constructed indoors, which allows for that smaller price tag and shorter timeline. Whether you need a temporary structure or something permanent, modular construction is a great option. Here are the top five reasons you…
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How to Prevent Construction Site Injuries
From large machinery to heavy raw materials, construction sites are a hotbed of accidents and injuries waiting to happen. As frequent as job site accidents occur, they are oftentimes avoidable when the right safety measures are taken. To help keep your crew safe and lower the amount of accidents, have everyone take the following precautions.