WHAT IS MODULAR CONSTRUCTION?
Modular Construction is a resource-efficient, off-site delivery method to construct code-compliant buildings in a quality-controlled factory setting.
Prefabricated buildings, prefab, factory-built, modular buildings: All these words refer to the same process of manufacturing a building off-site and installing it on-site. The prefabricated construction process offers design and planning flexibility: it can be either temporary or permanent, small or large, contemporary or traditional, single-story or multi-story, an individual building, or multiple buildings arranged in a complex or campus. Modular construction creates a high-quality building project, built to all applicable codes in far less time than traditional site-built construction, with ‘green’ consideration in terms of sustainable building materials, labor efficiency, reduced waste, reduced site disruption, and reduced transportation emissions.
Palomar’s modular construction process consists of 7 steps from concept to completion: Design, Engineering, Permits & Approvals, Site Development, Plant Fabrication, Transportation, and Installation. More detailed descriptions of each step are featured in the following step by step explanation.