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Digital Building Myth Busting – Shipping Made Simple NOT Complex – (read more)
If you’re in the construction industry, then you know it’s no surprise that modular building has made great strides in popularity over the years. With the ability to efficiently yield high quality products at a volumetric scale, the prefabricated construction market is expected to grow at a 7.1% CAGR through 2026.
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Building Positive Change - Construction Inclusion Week 2021 – (read more)
As the push to create diversity, equity and inclusion continues in workplaces around the world, the construction industry is rising the occasion. In 2020, a group of six leading general contractors in the U.S. invented “Time for Change”—a consortium created with the sole purpose of identifying ways to advance a culture of impartiality and acceptance in construction.
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Digital Building Closeup – Empowering a Culture of Proactive Safety – (read more)
Traditionally, the construction industry is associated with being a dangerous working environment. This is in part due to heavy machinery, high traffic, lofty heights and sometimes irregular work conditions that make accidents incredibly hard to avoid on site. In fact, injury rates within this industry are on average 71% higher than in other industries. With alarming statistics like this in mind, Digital Building’s prefabricated manufacturing process is consistently working to change the narrative of hazardous building, just as they have since the company’s inception. In fact, with an emphasis on workplace safety, Digital Building has managed to go approximately 905 days without a recordable safety incident.
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Ten Reasons to Consider a Career at Digital Building Components – (read more)
Happy National Manufacturing Day from all of us here at Digital Building Components! Today, we’re joining with companies and educational institutions across the nation to celebrate the manufacturing workforce and inspire a new generation of creators.
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Digital Building Close Up: Meeting the Need for Speed – (read more)
According to the U.S Chamber of Commerce’s most recent Commercial Construction Index, 88% of contractors report moderate to high levels of difficulty finding skilled workers. Of those, 56% report a challenge in meeting project schedule requirements and nearly a third (35%) are turning down work all together.
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Digital Building Fly Through – The Hidden Value of Early Collaboration – (read more)
Contrary to popular belief, prefabricated building involves more than taking a traditional design and cutting it up into basic components. In fact, when implementing digitally native prefabricated building methods, collaboration with the entire building team at the earliest stages of design is an essential starting point. It makes it possible for the team to identify efficiencies, problem solve and turn around a project in record time. At Digital Building, we believe this early involvement is a hidden value driver.
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Technology in Construction Part 4 – How Prefabrication Creates Safer Working Environments – (read more)
If you caught our last three “Technology in Construction” blog posts, then you already know how digitally native design can simplify the construction process, result in high-quality custom products and improve speed-to-market. With so many industry benefits to explore, the final installment in our series will cover how these tech-assisted construction methods work together to create a safer work environment. From reducing injuries on the job to maximizing communication, automated systems play an important role in maintaining safe working conditions.
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Technology In Construction Part 3 - How Digitally Advanced Prefabrication Simplifies the Construction Process – (read more)
The conversation surrounding technology in prefab construction often focuses on its productivity advantages. While speed-to-market and greater yield are certainly welcome benefits in a market facing skilled labor challenges and cost overruns, they are not the only benefits of digitally advanced prefabrication. In our third Technology in Construction installment, we’ll cover how it can simplify the construction process. From eliminating rework to improving energy efficiency, digitally native design can streamline operations from planning through final installation.
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Technology in Construction Part 2 – Delivering Superior Quality, Custom Prefab Solutions – (read more)
In the second installment of our “Technology in Construction” series, we’re exploring how modular construction methods deliver completely customizable, precise-to-spec solutions that would have been unimaginable even just a few decades ago. If you caught our first Technology in Construction blog, then you already know there’s no compromising on quality and design for speed. Next, we’ll examine how digitally native and automated systems go a step beyond exact production and enable high-quality, customizable exterior and structural wall systems and components.