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How the Pandemic Will Shape the Future of Off-Site Residential Construction

Pro Builder

However, the industry has only improved productivity growth by 1% year over year for more than 20 years, according to a 2017 McKinsey report. CLT both sequesters carbon and requires less carbon to manufacture compared with concrete and steel, dramatically lowering a building’s lifetime carbon impact.

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Mark Grinter, the teacher

The Korte Company

Mark figured it out, and the job went on to win a Concrete Council Award. HDPP cost less, lasted longer and weighed less (making for a safer install) compared to concrete pipes. And the concrete industry wants us to.’ Lectures in Mark’s classroom consisted of the students presenting on change orders and liquidated damages.