Modular Homes News for 10/18/2008



Photos: Living walls, smart homes at West Coast Green
The West Coast Green 2008 design show in San Jose, Calif., last week featured technologies to help buildings use energy and natural resources efficiently...

Laid off mod home employees get help - Mainebiz Daily

Laid off mod home employees get help
Mainebiz Daily - Oct 15, 2008
By the mainebiz news staff Employees laid off from Maine's modular home industry have received a helping hand from the federal government. .
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Marquee Homes will close factory in December
Marquee Homes, a division of Commodore Homes, is closing mid-December and laying off close to 100 employees because of the declining housing market...

Along North Carolina highway, sagging economy intersects with politics - Miami Herald
ALONG HIGHWAY 11, PITT COUNTY, N.C. -- Highway 11 runs through the heart of Pitt County in North Carolina, southward through fields still white with cotton, past homes where worry fills the air like humidity. Tractor trailers rumble by, or they stop ...

Mixing green and high-tech
Just inside the first floor of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry's Smart Home, a 20-year-old re-covered Crate & Barrel sofa flanks a cool-to-the-touch, ethanol-burning fireplace that floats in the middle ...

The Advantages of Selecting a Modular Home
Modular homes are built in a factory under a controlled environment. The homes are transported to the home site in sections on flatbed trucks and are permanently attached to the foundation. Modular homes are built to the local building ...

Clayton Homes Expands Home Show to Greensboro - MarketWatch

Clayton Homes Expands Home Show to Greensboro
MarketWatch - Oct 6, 2008
About Clayton Homes: A Berkshire-Hathaway Company, Clayton Homes is a national, vertically integrated modular and manufactured housing company. .
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Modular Homes: Cheaper Now and Later EUR Part 1
Modular homes are custom-built homes that are put together in large units, transported to the site, and attached together. They are not mobile homes. They are regular homes, custom built, but they just happen to be built somewhere else. ...

mobile home park to be condemned - Tampabay.com

Tampabay.com

mobile home park to be condemned
Tampabay.com, FL - Oct 7, 2008
In late February, the park owner announced a plan to evict all tenants and turn the park into a modular home community with Key West-style "dream houses in .
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PREFAB FRIDAY: Werner Sobeks Modular Homes - Inhabitat

Inhabitat

PREFAB FRIDAY: Werner Sobeks Modular Homes
Inhabitat - Oct 10, 2008
Werner Sobek and his engineering and design firm have conceived a modern, modular, and minimal series of prefab homes: the R128, H16 and R129. .
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land clearing by Ogden - Manhattan Mercury
Does anyone know what is happening with the land on K-18, just south of those new modular homes? It appears they are clearing away trees on one side and clearing the farm land on the other side. Any word on what the land is being prepped for? BTW ...

How to Get a Prefab Green House
With the newly popular enthusiasm of innovative housing styles, it's nice to know that there's an environmentally friendly option...

Modular home maker hopes to bring back laid off workers
Labor statistics show Elkhart County's jobless rate has increased more than any other metropolitan area year to year...

Tales from the Front Lines: Modular Homes Solves Bad Weather Damage
I was in a conversation with a neighbor recently about building homes. He had built his own house years ago. 1 Vote(s)..

Architecture as functional Art
Posted on September 2nd, 2008 10:06 PM By Jason Hammond In recent years, fans of modern home design have been looking for ways to get the style and character often associated with an architecturally designed ...

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As our loonie swirls alongside the down-spiraling American economy, Moduline hopes to stay stable with a new house on its table - a smaller Destination Series Cottage Home...

Ramapo considers yeshiva impact
RAMAPO - The town Planning Board on Nov. 5 will review potential environmental impacts of a proposed new yeshiva near Pomona that would replace one that has operated illegally in a single-family house...

Make way for modular - Regina Leader-Post

Regina Leader-Post

Make way for modular
Regina Leader-Post, Canada - Oct 16, 2008
Some may wonder why a person would go through so much trouble for a house, but Gropp believes that modular homes are better built. .
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Stop the Moving Target: Modular Homes and the True Cost of Building
Modular homes reduce the risks associated with the moving target of cost. When someone purchases a modular home, they select a floorplan, which the price. That price is carefully calculated and agreed to, with no surprises. ...

Moduline builds for future - BCLocalNews

Moduline builds for future
BCLocalNews, Canada - 3 hours ago
The company builds small, medium and large modular homes which save buyers roughly 25 per cent over on-site construction, said sales representative Blair .
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Feds Help Laid Off Maine Mod Workers
The U.S. Department of Labor yesterday said it granted nearly $150,000 to the Maine Department of Labor to assist approximately 54 workers who have been laid off at three modular home companies in Oxford -- ...

problems solved with modular homes EUR part 3
solution: modular homes can help. rather than buying an existing home and retrofitting it to include a semi-private suite, or rather than custom-building an expensive on-site home, one of the best options is to have a customized modular ...

Modular home maker hopes to bring back laid off workers - WSBT-TV

Modular home maker hopes to bring back laid off workers
WSBT-TV, IN - Oct 16, 2008
The company is also finding that people can't come up with the money to buy its modular homes. "How long could you make it without a paycheck? .
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David Webster to Retire as Kinro CEO Jason Lippert, CEO Of Lippert . - MSN MoneyCentral
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. , Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Drew Industries Incorporated DW today announced that David L. Webster , age 72, will retire as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinro, Inc., Drew's subsidiary, by December 31 ...

MLB Network Orders Miranda's Kaleido-X Multi-Viewer and NVISION's.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, October 16 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Miranda Technologies and NVISION today announced that the MLB Network, Major League Baseball's 24-hour cable network, which is set to launch on January 1, 2009, ...

Tales from the Front Lines: Modular Homes Solves Bad Weather Damage
He had built his own house years ago and he was quizzing me on custom built modular homes. At first he thought I built mobile homes but I quickly clarified that these are real homes, just built in sections and transported to the site. ...

prefab friday: werner sobeks modular homes
german engineering has long been heralded as innovative and forward-thinking. and with the help of german innovator, acclaimed architect and structural engineer, werner sobek, the ingenuity also appears to be pushing the prefab ...

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Modular Homes: Cheaper Now and Later a ' Part 1 >> Posted By saurabharya 16 hours, 35 minutes ago in Business & Finance 1.0 Scale of 1 to 10 Read: 19 Propped: 2 Prop it Modular homes are custom-built homes that ...

Crest Closing PA Factory
Crest Homes is closing a modular home factory in Milton, PA, because of worsening economic conditions, reports The Daily Item ...

A modular-home firm moves to Marlborough, and other local business . - The Keene Sentinel

A modular-home firm moves to Marlborough, and other local business .
The Keene Sentinel, NH - 8 hours ago
Now, its also the home of their business, Modular Discounts Inc. The modular homes dealer has moved its sales office from Route 32 in Swanzey to 157 Main .
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Modular home maker hopes to bring back laid off workers - 22 WSBT
The national credit crunch hit makers of modular housing particularly hard. Patriot Homes in Elkhart County filed for bankruptcy last month, sending about 100 workers home this week. But the company hopes to be able to bring the workers back next ...

David Webster to Retire as Kinro CEO Jason Lippert, CEO Of Lippert . - SYS-CON Media

David Webster to Retire as Kinro CEO Jason Lippert, CEO Of Lippert .
SYS-CON Media, NJ - Oct 14, 2008
. as well as trailers for hauling equipment, boats, personal watercraft and snowmobiles, and chassis and windows for modular homes and offices. .
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Now showing: Whatever you want
It's no secret that Americans have long had a love affair with movies. We crave music and gadgets, too...

Dorset Democrat seeks a 2nd term
After completing the legislative biennium, Sen. Robert Hartwell was encouraged by the work completed and the issues tackled...

Plant closure means LaRue County to lose 170 jobs - Wave 3
HODGENVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The struggling economy is being blamed for yet another Kentucky plant that is closing up shop. As WAVE 3's Scott Harvey reports, workers at Clayton Homes in Hodgenville have less than 60 days left on the job. 170 fulltime ...

Standing Up to Natural Disasters
Composites are answering the call for residential and commercial structures that can weather future "perfect storms.". Article from: Composites Technology , Contributed by: Karen Wood Article Date: 9/22/2008 ...

Modular Homes - the Future!
So I went up to the Museum of Modern Art this past weekend to check out their brilliant exhibit EURHome Delivery, Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.EUR For all of you who havent seen it - get on up to 54th Street in Manhattan, ...

Stuck in neutral - Lake City Reporter
A 36-year-old blind man said he is displeased with what he perceives as slow action by Lake City officials who promised him a home after his house was destroyed from a tornado in March. John Price also expressed his dismay after learning his two ...

Number of Modular Home Builders in the United States - PR-CANADA.net (press release)

Number of Modular Home Builders in the United States
PR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - Oct 10, 2008
How many modular home builders are there in the United States? That is a good question and while its difficult to arrive at an exact number we at Modular .
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Home builder lays off 70 employees - KTVB
BOISE -- Layoffs continue in the Boise area. Guerdon Enterprises laid off 70 people Monday. Guerdon builds modular homes throughout the Northwest. Owner Rick Merdock says the temporary layoffs are due to the economy and hopes the company will be able ...

Philly Prefab Exhibit: a Clean Break
This week our Prefab Friday radar went crazy when it detectedA A Clean Break a s green, prefab neighborhood in the City of Brotherly Love, hosted byA Minima Gallery as a part of overallA DesignPhiladelphia and ...

Plant closure means LaRue County to lose 170 jobs
The struggling economy is being blamed for yet another Kentucky plant that is closing up shop...

Budgets get a renovation - Times-Leader
The home-improvement industry has seen better days, to be sure, but, despite the state of the economy and the skyrocketing prices for a host of materials, people are still investing in their nests, industry insiders say. Its what specifically they ...

N.O. apartment complex takes modular route
The following is a Q&A with Lenny Kopowski, Lodgic Homes CEO, a modular construction company bringing modular construction to the Gulf Coast apartment market with the $5.1 million St...

Tales from the Front Lines: Modular Homes Solves Neighborhood Impact
Last summer, someone in my neighborhood decided to build their own home. They were a block over, so I 1 Vote(s)..

the 5ive house is a ten in my book.
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 12:54 PM By Jason Hammond The exterior of the house fits well with the natural surroundings of the lot...

Road trip continues for Savages
The Wynnewood Savages have been logging the miles this year with a couple of long road trips...

Make way for modular - Regina Leader-Post
A flying house isn't something residents of Regina are used to seeing, but anyone driving in the area of 1st Avenue and Wascana Street on Wednesday afternoon would have seen exactly that. Keith Gropp is building two new homes in the area and is ...

Search by keyword: - Orange County Register
Choose a Category Autos: For Sale or Lease Autos: Services & Parts Business Center Entertainment Events & Notices Garage, Tag, Estate & Yard Sales Industrial Products & Supplies Memberships & Timeshares Merchandise Mobile & Modular Homes Office ...

Stop the Moving Target: Modular Homes and the True Cost of Building
I love watching those half hour reality shows where an amateur house flipper purchases a house...



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