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Offsite & Modular Construction Blog
Ideas on offsite, modular and industrialized construction from Jason Bos, written to start a conversation. Agree, disagree, or send your take to jason@jlbsolutions.us.
Stop Telling Me How Big Your Factory Is
The missing piece to mass adoption of offsite is reliable capacity, not factory square footage.
In Offsite, the Building Is Not the Product. The Delivery System Is.
Customers buy a finished building on a date at a price. The system that makes that repeatable is what you are really selling.
What You Don't Know Is Where Your Risk Is
The role of data in the factory and the field, and why the gap between them is where problems hide.
Should Factories Own Assembly? And Do GCs and Developers Want Turnkey?
The factory ends at the truck. The customer's experience ends at the certificate of occupancy. Someone has to own the seam.
Why Doesn't the Building Code Change Faster?
The code moves at the speed of evidence. If offsite wants it to move faster, we have to bring more of it.
Why Don't We Spend as Much Effort on Pre-production as We Do on Sales and Delivery?
The work between a signed contract and the first cut in the plant is where the schedule is won or lost.
Quit Talking About Shipping Air
Freight is a line item. Connections are a risk profile. Comparing volumetric modules and components the right way.
What Do Innovation and Disruption Really Mean in Construction?
Innovation that never makes it to the second project is not innovation. It is a prototype.
Why Is Offsite Adoption So Slow?
After decades of promise, offsite's market share has gone down, not up. The reasons are about risk and trust, not technology.