{"id":71051,"date":"2020-01-31T10:46:34","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T10:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=71051"},"modified":"2026-08-24T08:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:37:08","slug":"modular-building-institute-mbi","status":"publish","type":"stakeholder","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/stakeholder\/modular-building-institute-mbi\/71051\/","title":{"rendered":"Modular Building Institute (MBI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>As the international trade association for modular construction, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modular.org\/?utm_source=PBC&amp;utm_medium=stakeholder-page&amp;utm_campaign=PBC&amp;utm_id=MBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modular Building Institute<\/a>&#8216;s mission is to expand the use of offsite construction through innovation and education<\/h2>\n<p>Founded in 1983, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modular.org\/?utm_source=PBC&amp;utm_medium=stakeholder-page&amp;utm_campaign=PBC&amp;utm_id=MBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modular Building Institute (MBI)<\/a> is the international non-profit trade association for modular construction.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the association are manufacturers, contractors, and dealers in two distinct segments of the industry \u2013 permanent modular construction (PMC) and relocatable buildings (RB).<\/p>\n<p>Associate members are companies supplying building components, services, and financing. MBI strives to keep up with the latest trends of the modular\/offsite construction industry and has expanded its membership over the years to include architects, owner\/developers, and general contractors.<\/p>\n<h3>The voice of commercial modular construction<\/h3>\n<p>As the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/commercial-modular-construction-3\/78406\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Voice of Commercial Modular Construction<\/a> (TM)&#8217;, it is MBI&#8217;s mission to expand the use of offsite construction through innovative construction practices, outreach and education to the construction community and customers, and recognition of high-quality modular designs and facilities.<\/p>\n<p>MBI\u2019s annual trade and conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldofmodular.org\/?utm_source=PBC&amp;utm_medium=stakeholder-page&amp;utm_campaign=PBC&amp;utm_id=MBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World of Modular<\/a>, is the modular construction largest and longest-running event. For nearly 40 years, World of Modular has provided professionals in the commercial modular building industry a place to network, exchange ideas, learn from experts, discuss issues, display new products, and receive well-deserved awards and industry recognition.<\/p>\n<h3>Industry-leading stats<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to its annual conference, MBI also gathers and distributes statistical information about the size and growth of the commercial modular construction industry. These reports have become the leading source of information on the industry and are used worldwide by investment firms, banks, the media, researchers, consultants, and students.<\/p>\n<p>Contents include general industry descriptions, floors shipped, gross sales, sales by market segment, dealer gross revenue, lease fleet composition, sale of used units, industry manufacturing data, industry estimates, and visuals of contemporary modular buildings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modular.org\/industry-analysis\/?utm_source=PBC&amp;utm_medium=stakeholder-page&amp;utm_campaign=PBC&amp;utm_id=MBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"td_btn td_btn_md td_round_btn\" style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #ff6600;\"> ALL MBI REPORTS CAN BE ACCESSED HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, MBI also collects and publishes whitepapers for use in the commercial modular construction industry. Topics have included the challenges of construction labour shortages, safe reuse of shipping containers, and the advantages of bathroom pods.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modular.org\/research-whitepapers-studies\/?utm_source=PBC&amp;utm_medium=stakeholder-page&amp;utm_campaign=PBC&amp;utm_id=MBI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"td_btn td_btn_md td_round_btn\" style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #ff6600;\">WHITEPAPERS CAN BE FOUND HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As one of PBC Today\u2019s regarded stakeholders, the Modular Building Institute offers unparalleled insight into the commercial modular construction industry, from knowledge to technical reviews and sector-leading observations.<\/p>\n<p>You can access stakeholder related news, reports and guides below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the international trade association for modular construction, the Modular Building Institute&#8217;s mission is to expand the use of offsite construction through innovation and education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":71055,"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],"stakeholder_category":[172665],"stakeholder_tag":[172666,172667],"stakeholder_plan":[172862],"class_list":{"0":"post-71051","1":"stakeholder","2":"type-stakeholder","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 Building Institute | Trade association for modular construction<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the international trade association for modular construction, the Modular Building Institute&#039;s mission is to expand the use of offsite construction\" \/>\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\/stakeholder\/modular-building-institute-mbi\/71051\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Modular Building Institute (MBI)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the international trade association for modular construction, the Modular Building Institute&#039;s mission is to expand the use of offsite construction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/stakeholder\/modular-building-institute-mbi\/71051\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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