Tag: Built Prefab

Last Call For Secondary Residences in the ALR

  We’ve written a few times of the impending ALR deadlines relating to secondary residences.  As we understand it, as of December 31, 2020 the maximum size of a new secondary residence will drop from around 2200 down to about 1000 sf. If you are considering building a custom or semi-custom A277 or Z240 residence…
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Build and Price, Meet the Team, More about the ALR

Why the Built Prefab Build and Price Tool is the Ultimate Place to Start Designing Your New Home There’s a saying that goes: “When the going gets tough, the tough go online shopping.” This pithy statement has become more and more relevant in the last few months as Covid 19 has left us scrolling the…
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Tech In Homebuilding

  There’s been a lot of news as of late with respect to large companies and investors putting money into the development of technology for homebuilding. Our experience with tech in homebuilding is that it can serve many purposes and if part of a conscious plan can add great value to your home. This is…
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The 2-5-10 New Home Warranty

Maybe you’ve heard of it, and maybe you haven’t but every home in BC is required by law to be covered by a warranty that’s been called the 2-5-10 warranty, even prefab modular homes. How does it work? Well really there are three elements to it that work like this: 1. The Starting Point The…
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Types of Green Programs for Prefab Modular Homes

More about the types of Green programs available for Prefab Modular Homes.

Barging Your Prefab Modular Home To an Island

Do you have an island property? Ever wonder how a modular building might get to your lot? Read below for more. Barges Generally Speaking Sometimes the roads just don’t go where you need them to, particularly in British Columbia, so in order to get your prefab modular home where it needs to go you might…
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Modular Design Constraints and Shipping

Have you ever wondered why prefab modular homes are designed in a narrow rectangular shape? The answer revolves around one thing, being the highway. Every prefab modular home that gets built in a factory needs to be transported to its ultimate site via transport truck and that means the units need to fit the roads…
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Foundation Types for Modular Construction – A Primer

When building a prefab modular home or building in Western Canada a major component of the building structure is your foundation. The foundation is underpins the stability of the structure of your home and it’s very important to choose a foundation that suits your needs. The choice of your home’s foundation depends on the type…
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What’s Prefab Anyway?

The world of prefab is a broad one, but in the most general sense, the definition of prefabrication is the manufacture sections of to enable quick or easy assembly on site. When you think about it that definition can mean many things so we thought we would put together a handy description of each method…
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