High-Profile Focus: Multi-Residential
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April 2021
Modular Construction for Multi-Residential: Ensuring Quality from Start to Finish carefully reviewed for any deviation from design to avoid costly issues later on during installation. Being well integrated with the onsite trades, we can determine prior to factory production what details will and will not work in the field once the boxes reach the site.
by Derrick Seitz
Fabrication Phase
Modular and prefabrication have become scalable construction solutions that allow for an expedited approach that is step changing the outcomes of the construction industry today. By utilizing modular construction, multi-residential projects – from student dormitories to affordable housing units – can be brought to market faster with the same level of craftsmanship as traditional construction. To maintain schedule, budget, and quality, while providing certainty of outcome, there are important checkpoints throughout the entire fabrication process
Canvas Apartments BIM model
that help the final product come together seamlessly. That process starts well before the modular units are assembled in the factory and begins in the early stages of design. Design Phase
It is imperative the architect, construction manager, and modular fabricator collaborate during the design phase to review the constructability of the design through a modular lens. At Windover
Canvas Apartments
It’s never too late to make a change.
Construction, we use our in-house Virtual Design & Construction (VDC) capabilities in this stage, in conjunction with our knowledge gained from extensive experience and understanding of how modular buildings go together, to build it virtually first. This allows all project stakeholders to see how the building will be built and detect any potential issues early and before fabrication begins. As the design information is integrated into modular shop drawings, they are
Maintaining budget, schedule, and quality during the fabrication phase requires continued communication among the entire project team and regular QA/QC inspection, even though the modules are being built in a factory oftentimes hundreds of miles from the project site. For all of Windover’s modular projects, the project team visits the factory regularly during production, and are often joined by trade foreman. It is especially important for the MEP trades to be involved in the fabrication process to understand how the systems will connect when the modular boxes are set on site and final connections need to be made. Installation Phase
Just as the collaboration is key during the design phase, the sharing of information during the installation phase is equally important. Having a crew from the modular company, with their understanding of how the boxes were continued to page 22
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