Our customers face a wide variety of challenges across a broad spectrum of project types. To help save you a phone call to customer support, we asked STARC's Vice President of Product Development Bruce Bickford to identify the Top 5 questions we receive about our flagship modular wall system, RealWall™.
Safety and Security: Why Temporary Construction Walls Are Ideal for Your Project
When you think of prefabricated modular wall systems, it’s usually with containment in mind – a way to quickly manage the construction dust and debris common to active job sites. Key advantages include quick and easy set-up that requires less labor and (at least with higher quality modular walls) the chance to improve project ...
ICRA Barriers: As Important As Ever On Healthcare Renovation Sites
Infection control remains a significant concern for healthcare facilities. Put the COVID pandemic aside for the moment, and the risk of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) during a hospital stay is still one in seven, even in high-income countries like the United States. On average, 10% of affected patients do not survive.
Beyond Cost Recovery: The Added Value of Modular Wall Systems
Last month, we considered some top-level advantages of using prefabricated modular temporary containment. From going up fast and easy to limiting the amount of clean-up and disposal work, these systems just make sense. Especially among the higher quality systems such as STARC’s, where the durability of the wall panels and ...
Choosing Prefabricated Modular Walls: Part 2
Prefabricated modular walls accelerate on-site builds, generate cost savings, usher in safety improvements, and boost owner satisfaction. So much so that the projected growth for prefab construction is expected to top $200 billion by 2030.
The New Standard for Containment: Temporary Wall Systems
Updated June 3, 2024 Contractors continue to face challenges from rising material costs and labor shortages. Between December 2020 and June 2022, cost increases for contractors surged, with a gap as large as 24% where cost increases exceeded changes in bid prices.
The Hidden Value of Durability: Profits
High-quality prefabricated modular wall systems offer a number of advantages on the job site. They go up fast and easy, are reusable and easy to reconfigure, and don’t require all the clean-up and debris removal that accompanies drywall.
Choosing Prefabricated Modular Walls: Part 1
With worldwide prefabricated construction projected to grow to over $200 billion by 2030, demand for building components is on the rise. These components include prefabricated modular walls, which contractors are leveraging to speed on-site builds, generate cost savings, usher in safety improvements, and boost owner ...
What’s the Difference Between an Anteroom and a Buffer Room?
What is an Anteroom Used For? An anteroom is a small room that leads into a larger room. For healthcare construction and renovation projects, anterooms provide a space to don and remove protective clothing, store PPE, and provide a transition airlock to the construction spaces.
Renovation Lessons Learned From 2022: Reader Favorites
As we head into the New Year, it’s worth noting some of the most popular topics covered over the past 12 months. Following are the Top Five blog posts that resonated most with our growing audience of contractors, project managers, facilities managers, infection preventionists, and others tasked with eliminating disruption ...