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Modular Multifamily Affordable Housing Headed to San Diego County?

At Factory OS, apartment complexes are constructed room by room. Modular units are moved along on an assembly line: floors, dry wall, windows, then electrical, counters, and so on. When the units are completed, they are trucked to the construction site, and assembled like legos.

By Our Town St. Helena, 6 monthsJanuary 8, 2022 ago

our town st helena Bay Area's Factory OS. Factory built modular homes are meeting the housing crisis

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Factory OS: Apartments Built on an Assembly Line

The pandemic put a general crimp in housing construction, but made a California factory that churns out prefabricated housing extra busy. What if housing was built more like cars — on an assembly line in a factory? Rick Holliday thinks it should be. The longtime Bay Area developer turned a Read more…

By Our Town St. Helena, 10 monthsSeptember 11, 2021 ago