{"id":142577,"date":"2024-08-07T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?post_type=ebook&#038;p=142577"},"modified":"2024-08-07T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T11:05:12","slug":"modular-advantage-july-august-2024","status":"publish","type":"ebook","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/","title":{"rendered":"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Modular Building Institute&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;pubid=6c6f5b3f-4b6d-4ac9-af44-58e9798b72ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Modular Advantage <\/em>July\/August 2024 edition<\/a> celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, as well as the people behind it.<\/p>\n<h2>Modular Advantage- celebrating an industry of talent<\/h2>\n<p>MBI Board President John Buongiorno opens the July\/August 2024 edition of Modular Advantage by celebrating the achievements of everyone working in the modular construction industry and looking forward to the future, promising that &#8220;the individuals profiled in this issue are just the tip of iceberg.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Shortage of skilled workers leads to new recruitment tactics<\/h3>\n<p>Anirban Basu, chairman &amp; CEO of Sage Policy Group and chief economist of the Modular Building Institute, examines the economic pressures facing the American construction industry and how it impacts the ongoing skilled workers shortage.<\/p>\n<p>As young people increasingly seek employment and education away from the burden of weighty student debts, alternative models of employment and training are rising in popularity, such as apprenticeship schemes, on-the-job training and early engagement with high school students.<\/p>\n<h3>Seamless integration to support scaling and structure<\/h3>\n<p>Charlotte Garrett, head of Industry Strategy, KOPE, makes a case for digitalising products to enable better collaboration and communication between stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte explores a case study of onboarding a prefabricated manufacturing process for Saint Gobain, which yielded minimised errors, enhanced productivity and reduced waste.<\/p>\n<h3>Updating training and HR practice in offsite construction<\/h3>\n<p>Heather Wallace, director of communications\/ project manager at Momentum Innovation Group, LLC, shares her experiences from the Workforce Development Lounge (\u201cThe Lounge\u201d) at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/world-of-modular-europe-bring-industry-insights-expertise-brussels\/141464\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World of Modular<\/a> conference in Orlando.<\/p>\n<p>The event was an opportunity for general contractors new to modular to develop connections with HR professionals about how to run efficient and effective companies in the offsite industry, as well as reflections on workplace culture and its impact on the workforce, both positive and negative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the latest edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk\/html5\/reader\/production\/default.aspx?pubname=&amp;pubid=6c6f5b3f-4b6d-4ac9-af44-58e9798b72ba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MBI\u2019s Modular Advantage\u00a0magazine<\/a> to find out more. Subscribe at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modular.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modular.org<\/a>\u00a0today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Modular Building Institute&#8217;s\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 edition celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, as well as the people behind it. Modular Advantage- celebrating an industry of talent MBI Board President John Buongiorno opens the July\/August 2024 edition of Modular Advantage by celebrating the achievements of everyone working in the modular construction industry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":142578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172484],"ebook_category":[172225],"ebook_tag":[172214,172227],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-142577","1":"ebook","2":"type-ebook","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"stakeholder_rel_tag-modular-building-institute"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 | Construction eBooks &amp; Guides<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MBI&#039;s\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MBI&#039;s\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1132\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PBC_Today\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/\",\"name\":\"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 | Construction eBooks & Guides\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-07T11:05:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"MBI's\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":1132,\"caption\":\"MBI's\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today\",\"description\":\"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\",\"alternateName\":\"PBC Today\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Planning, Building & Construction Today\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 | Construction eBooks & Guides","description":"MBI's\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024","og_description":"MBI's\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/","og_site_name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":1132,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@PBC_Today","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/","name":"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 | Construction eBooks & Guides","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png","datePublished":"2024-08-07T11:05:12+00:00","description":"MBI's\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Modular-Advantage-August-2024_800x1132.png","width":800,"height":1132,"caption":"MBI's\u00a0Modular Advantage July\/August 2024 celebrates the advantages of modular and relocatable construction, and all the people behind it"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/ebook\/modular-advantage-july-august-2024\/142577\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Modular Advantage July\/August 2024"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","name":"Planning, Building &amp; Construction Today","description":"The Latest Planning, Building &amp; Construction News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#organization","name":"Planning, Building & Construction Today","alternateName":"PBC Today","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/pbctoday-logo-yoast-seo-organisation-1920-1080-001.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080,"caption":"Planning, Building & Construction Today"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBCToday\/","https:\/\/x.com\/PBC_Today"]}]}},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-24 01:52:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ebook\/142577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ebook"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ebook"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ebook\/142577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"stakeholder_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stakeholder_rel_tag?post=142577"},{"taxonomy":"ebook_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ebook_category?post=142577"},{"taxonomy":"ebook_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ebook_tag?post=142577"},{"taxonomy":"contributor_rel_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor_rel_tag?post=142577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}