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Speaking out on Permanent Modular Buildings
After Ramtech’s successful completion of the new middle school for the Blue Ridge Independent School District in Blue Ridge, Texas the focus has now shifted to the construction that is well underway on the District’s new two-story elementary school. Purchased through the BuyBoard purchasing co-op and constructed using Ramtech’s Accelerated Building System method, both permanent modular buildings are projected to come in on schedule and with all site development activities under budget. To highlight this development, Blue Ridge Superintendent Todd Lintzen graciously went on camera to provide some background and his perspective on what it was like to work with Ramtech.
Mike Smith works in Business Development for Ramtech Building Systems, Inc. He serves primarily the Education Market where he has experience in sales, estimating, and project management of permanent school facilities. Mike has worked in the construction industry for 36 years.
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Modular Buildings on Display at 2011 Texas Charter Schools Conference
As the growth of charter schools continues to explode around the country, a transformation in public education is taking place including right here in our home state of Texas. With 215 open-enrollment charters now available and an unlimited number of campus charters available to universities and independent school districts, Texas has seen the number of charter school campuses grow to 558 while serving over 165,000 students. Many of these students are now studying and learning in traditional modular classrooms provided by Ramtech. The growth of the charter school market will be on full display November 7, 2011 at the upcoming 15th annual Texas Charter School Conference in Galveston, Texas. As a new state law takes effect making it easier for charter schools to develop permanent school projects, education specialists Sabrina Queen and Mike Smith will represent Ramtech by displaying both Ramtech’s traditional and permanent modular buildings in a 20 foot booth located in spaces 611 and 710.
The theme of this year’s conference is “THRIVE: Learn, Perform, Shine.” The TCSA plans to provide a broad spectrum of speakers and breakout sessions that will focus on the challenges and impact from the cuts to state funding over the next two years. In addition to Ramtech, the Texas Association of School Boards BuyBoard program will also be in attendance in the exhibit hall as well as over 100 other exhibitors representing a wide variety of educational products and services.
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Ramtech Completes Phase Two Installation at Blue Ridge ISD
Ramtech has now completed the installation of the modular buildings for phase two of its permanent modular construction project for the Blue Ridge Independent School District in Blue Ridge, Texas. A new 27,192 square foot two-story elementary school complete with 17 classrooms, two science labs, administrative office space, and a comprehensive media center will be replacing an aging facility slated to be torn down. In August, Ramtech completed the first building in the project, an 18,088 square foot middle school built adjacent to the school districts high school complex. Both buildings utilized Ramtech’s Accelerated Building System Slab-on-Grade construction method, and were designed to match the other surrounding structures through the use of a full-height masonry exterior of split-faced block. The new elementary school is on schedule for a 2011 Christmas-break completion date, with occupancy to take place in February of 2012.
Mike Smith works in Business Development for Ramtech Building Systems, Inc. He serves primarily the Education Market where he has experience in sales, estimating, and project management of permanent school facilities. Mike has worked in the construction industry for 36 years.
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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 has been the world’s leading online video community, allowing billions of people to discover, watch, and share originally created video material on the internet.
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During Tough Economic Times: Why Ramtech Building Systems?
Recently, we wanted to learn what factors most influence a commercial, government, or institutional customer during challenging economic times. To do so, we called 20 of our previous customers to learn what was most important to them when they made their choice of a contractor on their commercial construction project. The group included schools, healthcare providers, and other commercial and government customers with projects that Ramtech completed within the first six months of 2011. These projects included both permanent and temporary modular buildings of various sizes and complexities. The responses generally revolved around the following areas in order of priority: Read more…
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Ramtech Nears Completion at Hubbard
As Ramtech nears completion of the project at Hubbard ISD, we wanted to share with our readers a brief description and some photographs taken recently. The buildings utilize Ramtech’s Accelerated Building System which provides the speed, quality, and flexibility of prefabricated building components combined with the durability of an engineered slab-on-grade concrete foundation. This three building complex provides the District with Read more…
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Blue Ridge Middle School Celebrates Opening Day
An 18,088 square foot middle school facility for the Blue Ridge Independent School District, Blue Ridge, Texas opened the 2011/2012 school year this past Monday (8/29/2011). The building utilizes Ramtech’s Accelerated Building System which provides the speed, quality, and flexibility of prefabricated building components combined with the durability of an engineered slab-on-grade concrete foundation. Read more…
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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 ABS projects to learn how the facilities were performing for three particular clients in the education, healthcare, and commercial environments. Read more…
Should Ramtech Be On Your Design-Build Team?
Ramtech Building Systems has for 30 years utilized a unique approach to design-build construction. It combines the advantages of the design-build delivery system with the benefits of Ramtech’s vertical integration and its Accelerated Building System (ABS). By doing so, Ramtech can provide a building with the look and feel of site-built construction, with a number of distinct advantages. Read more…
Getting the Most Out of Permanent Modular Construction
Offsite construction, such as permanent modular construction (PMC), has a number of advantages when compared to onsite construction, including speed, lower cost, and higher quality. There are, however, a number of challenges that come with PMC. One such challenge is the need for every scope of work to be clearly defined prior to the start of work. What work is to be done offsite versus what is completed onsite? Electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and some finishes are typically completed in the factory, with related scopes typically completed onsite by a subcontractor. On account of this, every major subcontractor must provide a design assist role with the A/E of record and the prime contractor. In addition, a very detailed schedule must be part of each subcontractor’s contract. Read more…
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