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2. Modular building - Wikipedia

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   Modular home in Vermont. Modular homes are designed to be stronger than traditional homes by, for example, replacing nails with screws, adding glue to joints, and using 8–10% more lumber than conventional housing. [31] This is to help the modules maintain their structural integrity as they are transported on trucks to the construction site.

3. Champion Homes - Wikipedia

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   Champion Homes was founded in 1953 as a single manufacturing facility in the small town of Dryden in rural Michigan by Walter W. Clark and Henry E. George. [4] In 2005, Champion was the first manufacturer to build privatized modular housing for the military. [4]

4. Modular construction - Wikipedia

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   Modular construction has consistently been at least 20 percent faster than traditional on-site builds. [citation needed] Currently, the design process of modular construction projects tends to take longer than that of traditional building. This is because modular construction is a fairly new technology and not many architects and engineers have ...

5. Clayton Homes - Wikipedia

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   Clayton Homes also owns retail brands Oakwood Homes, [57] TruValue Homes [58] and Luv Homes. [59] [60] In 2016, Clayton acquired G&I Homes, [61] a family-run company based in New York. [62] As of 2019, Clayton Homes has 40 home building facilities and more than 350 retail outlets located across the United States.

6. Portable building - Wikipedia

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   Smaller version of portable buildings are also known as portable cabins. Portable cabins are prefabricated structures manufactured for uses such as site office, security cabin, accommodation, storage, toilets etc. Portable cabins are a cheaper alternative to traditional buildings and are useful when accommodation is required for an uncertain ...

7. List of house types - Wikipedia

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   Kit house: a type of pre-fabricated house made of pre-cut, numbered pieces of lumber. Sears Catalog Home: an owner-built "kit" houses that were sold by the Sears, Roebuck and Co. corporation via catalog orders from 1906 to 1940. Laneway house: a type of Canadian house that is constructed behind a normal single-family home that opens onto a back ...