Power Engineering

Rethinking Steel-Plate Composite (SC) Construction for Improved Sustainability and Resiliency of Nuclear Power Plant Structures

The March 2011 events at Fukushima nuclear power plant have underscored the importance of resiliency of nuclear power plants for beyond-design-basis events, especially seismic related. As a ...
SignalSCV

Disrupting Traditional Construction: The Rise of Modular Fabric Structures in Commercial Use

In recent years, a quiet revolution has been unfolding within the construction industry. Modular fabric structures—once confined to temporary military tents or seasonal warehouses—are now emerging as ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Vallejo startup Intermodal Structures builds heavy duty, high tech into modular classrooms, offices

Vallejo’s Mare Island has been attracting modular construction companies in recent years, but Intermodal Structures is taking a more simplified approach to large-scale production. Rather than ...
Killeen Daily Herald

Strong as steel: Z Modular moving ahead despite pandemic

A local manufacturing company continues to grow and offer construction jobs to qualified local residents during a time when many are being laid off. Z Modular builds steel structures used for ...
Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

NYC architect and TV host Danny Forster speaks to AGC members about really tall modular construction

New York City architect, professor and television host Danny Forster was in Seattle Friday to talk to local AGC members about cutting edge building design and construction. Forster is a proponent of ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Vallejo’s iMod Structures earns quake-resiliency certification for modular classrooms

iMod Structures has received certification that its heavy-steel-framed relocatable, stackable buildings tailored to schools would be able to ride out severe earthquakes and be back in operation ...
Business Wire

PHP Ventures Acquisition Corp. and Modulex Modular Buildings Plc Announce a Definitive Agreement for a Business Combination

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Modulex Modular Buildings Plc (“Modulex”), a UK-based, globally focused “ConstrucTech” manufacturer of modular buildings ...
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New US nuclear reactor shield tames star-like power with novel steel-concrete mix

A novel modular steel-concrete composite, which can significantly reduce the construction costs of nuclear reactors, has successfully passed a key test. The Diaphragm Plate Steel Composite (DPSC), ...
Nasdaq

Modulex Modular Buildings Plc Announces Submission of Registration Statement on Form S-4 Related to Proposed Merger with PHP Ventures Acquisition Corp.

NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Modulex Modular Buildings Plc (“Modulex”), a UK-based, globally focused “ConstrucTech” manufacturer of modular buildings today announced that it has filed ...
Business Wire

iMod Structures is First Modular Classroom Maker to Receive US Resiliency Council’s Platinum Earthquake Rating

MARE ISLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--iMod Structures (IMS), makers of ‘Future Proof’ modular classrooms, announced today that the company’s high performance buildings have received the US Resiliency ...

Could modular and prefabricated homes be the key to solving the ACT's housing crisis?

Fast to build, eco-friendly and affordable: modular and pre-fabricated homes have been touted as a possible solution to ...