Author Archives: Steve Sickman

Modular Buildings in the Spotlight – Ramtech Announces YouTube Channel

Today Ramtech announced the official launch of The Modular Building Channel on YouTube. This move will further expand our Internet marketing efforts by developing a closer integration with our existing social media and other collateral marketing programs. Since 2005, YouTube … Continue reading

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Moving Forward While Taking a Look Back

As Ramtech moves ahead with the development of our hybrid construction program joining the Accelerated Building System (ABS) permanent modular building method with other forms of site construction, we took a look back at some previous steel building system and … Continue reading

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Lean Construction Driving the Move to Modular

We have written recently about how the general construction industry is pushing for, and has moved towards a greater degree of integration with prefabrication and modular construction. Further evidence of this is contained in a new report from the McGraw-Hill … Continue reading

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MBI Helps Shape the Debate at IGCC Hearings

The latest round of the IgCC Code Development Hearings were held in Dallas last week, and by all accounts the modular building industry was able to put forward some convincing arguments to clarify and protect the industry’s members. Overall, 13 … Continue reading

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CII Study Raises the Anchor on Modular Building Construction

It seems modular construction and prefabricated systems are once again in the forefront of the minds of the general construction industry. Right on the heels of the recent comments made at the April meeting of the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) … Continue reading

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Modular Construction Takes Center Stage at CURT Conference

Exactly what does the construction industry at large think of modular construction today? Recent comments made at the spring meeting of the Construction Users Round Table (CURT) in Covington, Ky in April may hold a clue. As reported in an … Continue reading

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Texas IHB Council Sets Date for Adopting 2009 I-Codes

On April 29, 2011 Ramtech’s Roland Brown attended his first meeting of the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council since his re-appointment to the Council by Texas Governor Rick Perry earlier in the month. Along with existing members of the Council, … Continue reading

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Modular Buildings Proposed to Help Close Border Security Gap

With the subject of immigration reform and border security continuing to be a top issue in Washington, new legislation has been proposed that once again recognizes the benefits of modular construction and the use of permanent and temporary modular buildings … Continue reading

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Ramtech’s Roland Brown Reappointed for New Term on Texas IBCC

The office of Governor Rick Perry announced today the appointment of two new members to the Texas Industrialized Building Code Council and the reappointment of four members, including Roland Brown, Ramtech Building Systems’ vice president of design and development. Appointed … Continue reading

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