Washington State University in collaboration with Colorado State University has secured a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grant to develop comprehensive guidelines for designers and builders working on modular units and factory-built housing projects using mass timber and light wood frame members.
Led by Pouria Bahmani, assistant professor in WSU’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the two-year grant aims to make modular housing, in which housing components are built and prefabricated in factories rather than at individual construction sites, more viable and help to address housing affordability in the U.S.
“There’s a housing crisis right now,” said Bahmani. “We would like to find ways to reduce the cost of housing and construction without compromising safety or the quality of the built environment.” [Read more]