Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Choose Modular for New School Construction or Expansion


prefabricated school building

Construction often takes a considerable amount of time when it comes to schools and other educational buildings. Schools need to be constructed with the highest quality to ensure students learn in a safe, healthy and functional environment. Whether an educational facility is seeking new construction, or expanding its campus with temporary classrooms, choosing modular construction is often the most efficient method.
While a school is under construction or expanding, it has to move students to a different facility, or utilize temporary classrooms in order to continue to teach students. It is often an inconvenience for the entire staff, students and parents if relocation needs to occur. This is exactly why modular construction is such a good option. Temporary modular classrooms allow for easy construction, reduced construction time and students can continue their studies at their current location while construction takes place.

When it comes to school construction, a traditional construction crew can only work on the building for a set time period during the day. There are often weather delays and noisy site disruption to the daily functions of the school that could possibly push construction back a significant amount of time. Modular construction allows students and educators to continue learning with limited disruption and delay. 

Modular construction takes place off-site in a climate controlled environment. This saves the district money as it doesn't have to rent out temporary facilities for a set period of time and students are able to remain in their comfortable learning environment. Plus, because the school is built off site there is no downtime during construction.

New schools facing budgetary restrictions and time constraints can also benefit from modular construction. Prefabricated schools can meet educational space requirements and can be modified to satisfy a variety of purposes including classrooms, libraries, cafeterias, offices, media centers and laboratories. Modular construction allows new schools to be built much faster and efficiently than any other construction method.

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