Best Modular Construction Projects of 2018

With another year comes another assortment of fantastic modular construction projects.  And in a world of online shopping and next day deliveries, it is easy to see why modular construction is becoming the preferred project delivery method by many in the construction world.  Thes...

School System Construction

As schools systems expand and new school buildings are being built, the demand for new school construction has been growing and growing.  Whether expanding a current facility or building a new facility altogether, modular construction can provide a few distinct advantages for develo...

Installing a Modular Office | Modular Office Installation

 Installing a modular office in your facility is a great way to quickly provide quality office space in your facility.  By producing the wall panels in our own plant, you can have your own modular office at a moment's notice.  The only thing left to do is putting it toge...

Modular Buildings for Sports Complexes

Sports complexes today are becoming more and more intricate, involving a variety of different structures and buildings.  Depending on the organization the complex is for, the facility can house practice fields, indoor training facilities, concession stands, practices fields, or even f...

Prefabricated Military Buildings

Many different companies and corporations use modular construction to fix their space needs swiftly, and the US military is no different.  Being a GSA contract holder, Panel Built, Inc. has a solid history working on these government projects.  With military modular construc...

Prefab Storage Units: Fast Protection for Your Equipment

Regardless of the type of business you are in, you’re likely going to build up a lot of stuff over the years.  From office centers to manufacturing facilities to school systems, eventually, the stuff that you have outgrows the space that you can fit it in… In some cases, some of...

Lean Manufacturing: Kanban

At Panel Built, we place a lot of emphasis on being as efficient as possible and constantly improving.  That’s why lean manufacturing is a huge part of our day to day work.  Since our inception, we have focused greatly on maximizing our quality, productivity, and usable workspa...

Modular Construction: The New Jobsite

With technology growing at an exponential rate, a variety of industries are seeing drastic changes in how they operate.  A quick web search will give you an endless number of lists with “innovations to watch” for any industry in any given year.   Typically, these lists w...

Warehouse Layout Ideas

Planning an effective warehouse layout is going to have a huge impact on your company for the future. Whether this is a completely new facility, expanding your current facility, or reorganizing, careful planning will determine how effective each work process is going forward. As we have ta...

How Similar are Modular Construction and Legos?

As modular construction has grown in popularity over the past few decades, it has garnered more and more comparisons to the toy giant LEGO.  Similar to LEGO bricks, modular construction modules are manufactured and designed (typically) in a rectangular, box shape and to be snapped i...

Panel Built Guide to GSA Purchasing

The General Services Administration, or GSA, was formed in 1949 at the recommendation of the Hoover Commission to act as an “Office of General Services” for the federal government.  Since its first job (renovating the White House in 1949), the GSA has acted as an overseer of procu...

Difference Between Modular Building Types

Although the practice of modular construction is a growing trend in the construction industry as a whole, there’s a lot of different ways to “Go Modular.”  To start, let’s talk about what exactly is modular construction.  Modular structures consist of multiple pieces, hav...