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| KBS Modular in South Paris, ME |
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| Trinity College project on the production line |
Modular construction cut the three to four month project
down to about two and a half months, said Aaron Krueger, project manager for
Trinity’s general contractor, Consigli Construction Co. Inc.
“All the units need is a coat of paint, flooring, and
to be assembled when they arrive,” said Krueger, who is working on his
first true modular unit build.
Onsite preparations including laying foundations are done
simultaneously with unit construction, a time saver not possible with ground-up
building. Additional costs that
accompany modular building include unit transportation and giving each room
both a floor and ceiling, rather than using one unit’s floor as another unit’s
ceiling. Krueger said the efficient assembly line nature of how the near
identical units are made still allows for lower overall costs and higher
quality.
The whole Trinity project is being done in two phases; the
first includes three apartment buildings with room for 203 students to be
completed in August. The second phase includes two apartment buildings with
room for 150 students and 7,500-10,000 sq. ft. of retail space. The second
phase will be ready for the spring 2014 semester; a semester earlier than
originally planned.
Each of these buildings requires about 52 modules that have
already started to be shipped to
manufacturing facilities.
