As health systems plan for the future of their facilities, they’re navigating in a time of uncertainty. The problem they face is two-fold: Ongoing supply chain issues. Material shortages and volatile ...

Kilroy Realty had multiple options to choose from for the design and construction of its new 10-story, 665K SF parking structure in Oyster Point in South San Francisco, California. But in the end, the ...

In recent years, we’ve seen an accelerated shift towards the use of prefabrication in new construction. Prefabricated building elements can help shorten construction schedules, improve quality control ...

The Los Angeles structural engineer Richard Bradshaw talks about his first experience with large-scale prefabricated construction in terms that are less than affectionate. “It never really made sense ...

Prefabrication is not a new idea for architects. It was a staple of the post-war modernist ideal, a great dream that precise modern structures would be created in clean factories and then shipped to ...

Passersby might assume the 2100 Kettner building in San Diego’s Little Italy has been a neighborhood fixture for decades. The masonry facade that covers much of the six-story mixed-use building ...

Every innovation brings with it frictions, disruptions, and, above all, learnings. In the construction industry—a sector historically resistant to change—new construction systems are often met with ...