Surprise!
Did you know that August 4th through the 10th is National Building Systems Week?
You didn’t get the memo? Well, guess what, unless you read the fine print on the NAHB website, you would never know that it even existed. For those that missed the announcement, here is the story direct from the NAHB Building Systems Council:
August 5, 2013 – Members of the Building Systems
Council (BSC) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) are
celebrating National Building Systems Week, which runs Aug. 4 – 10, by offering
model home tours, demonstrations and much more. This week-long national event
aims to educate consumers on the differences between system-built homes versus
traditional stick built and provide them with the information they need when
planning for a new home.
“We are inviting members of the community to visit our model
homes and tour our factories during Building Systems Week,” said BSC Chairman
Kevin Flaherty, vice president of marketing for Genesis Homes and Champion Home
Builders Inc., based in Troy, Mich. “They will be able to learn all about the
great things that building systems has to offer for their future home.”
Prefabricated by skilled craftsmen in an efficient,
controlled setting, systems-built homes, which include modular, panelized,
concrete and log homes, provide homeowners another alternative to home building
that often saves the homeowner time and money due to the way the homes are
built. Because many consumers are unaware of these benefits, the BSC has put
together a list of the top five facts about prefab housing:
- Building homes in a factory setting allows for more
consistent quality due to uniform construction processes, training techniques
and inspections. Homes are built in a controlled factory environment, making
weather delays, are all but eliminated thing of the past and saves the owner
both time and money. In fact, custom modular homes are often move-in ready in
about two-thirds the time needed for a comparable custom site-built home.- Prefab houses are extremely strong. Because they have to
withstand the rigors of transporting the home from the factory to the onsite
location, they are often built with materials above and beyond what’s mandated
for site construction. This added strength translates into a solid,
energy-efficient structure once assembled.- System-built homes are often more tightly built and thus
more energy efficient, which can result in lower heating and cooling costs for
the home owner.- Systems-built homes score high on the green-building scale
because material waste is significantly reduced both in the factory and the job
site. Assembly in an enclosed indoor environment allows them to fulfill some
key components of green building certifications, including the ICC 700 National
Green Building Standard.- While most manufacturers have a portfolio of home plans to
choose from, computer-assisted design (CAD) allows limitless design and
customization possibilities when planning your new systems-built home.“Another great quality of systems-built homes is that once
they are completed they are indistinguishable from their traditional site-built
cousins,” said Flaherty. “In fact, most people driving by a prefab home don’t
even realize it’s prefab.”
To find a builder or manufacturer member of the BSC and to
see photo and video galleries of building systems home types, visit www.nahb.org/buildingsystemsweek.
This NAHB article and the link to the Building Systems Week webpage are about as interesting as watching your cat sleep. And these are supposed to the spokespeople for the modular and prefab housing industry.
