ANCHOR MODULAR BUILDINGS
PO BOX 100
MEDFORD, NJ 08055
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(866) 396-0227
FAX (856) 396-0228
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Modular Building Construction
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Meeting High Standards
Combining traditional building techniques, quality-controlled
manufacturing, and third-party agencies who offer various
inspections, testing, and certification services, temporary and
permanent modular buildings are built in strict accordance with
appropriate state and national regulations and codes. Some would even
say that factory-built buildings are built better than those using
conventional, site-built construction. From interstate highways to rural
routes, modular manufacturers know that their buildings must travel a
variety of roads. Consequently, they build classrooms, office complexes,
and other buildings sound enough to handle the trip. As a result of
meeting and often exceeding site-built standards, modular construction
has the same life expectancy as traditionally built buildings, and can,
with proper maintenance, last indefinitely.
Four Stages of Construction
Primarily, four stages make up factory-built construction. First,
design and approval by the end user and any regulating authorities;
second, assembly of module components in a controlled environment;
third, transportation of modules to a final destination; and fourth,
erection of modular units to form a finished building.
Specifications for modular buildings are usually communicated to a
manufacturer by a customer through a dealer. Dealers, responding to the
space requirements of retail customers, work with customers to order new
buildings from manufacturers and arrange for delivery and installation
of the buildings when construction is complete. Dealers usually offer a
variety of financing and leasing opportunities.
Modular manufacturers produce their buildings in independent,
single-location facilities. Responding to dealer requests, they
generally operate as wholesale suppliers of modular units. Construction
occurs indoors away from harsh weather conditions preventing damage to
building materials and allowing builders to work in comfortable
conditions.
Unique to modular construction, while modules are being assembled in
a factory, site work is occurring at the same time. This permits earlier
building occupancy and contributes to a much shorter overall
construction period, reducing both financing and supervision costs.
Saving even more time and money, nearly all design and engineering
disciplines are part of the manufacturing process.
Also unique to modular is the ability to simultaneously construct a
building’s floors, walls, ceilings, rafters, and roofs. During
site-built construction, walls cannot be set until floors are in
position, and ceilings and rafters cannot be added until walls are
erected. On the other hand, with modern modular methods of construction,
walls, floors, ceilings, and rafters are all built at the same time,
then brought together in the same factory to form a building. This
process often allows modular construction times of half that of
conventional, stick-built construction.
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