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Keep Issues from Stacking on Modular Builds

LOS ANGELES—Developers new to modular construction need to be mindful of complications that can arise along with cost savings, Cox, Castle & Nicholson's Rob Campbell tells GlobeSt.com's Natalie Dolce.

By Natalie Dolce | Updated on March 27, 2015

LOS ANGELES—As the modular construction industry—comprised of companies that construct major components of buildings in factories that can be efficiently assembled at a build site—develops improved capabilities and continues to offer an affordable supplement to on-the-ground construction crews, more developers have reason to consider this unique construction solution. Modular components usually include entire rooms or units, and once constructed in multifamily or mixed-use development, are transported to project sites, stacked by cranes like Lego blocks and assembled by contractors on site. Choosing this method can bring dramatic savings, but there are risks associated with this type of construction that developers need to know.

We sat down with Rob Campbell, Los Angeles-based partner at Cox, Castle & Nicholson, to get an inside look at precautionary measures that developers should consider before beginning a modular construction project.

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