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New white paper on modular bathroom pods offers insight on best uses

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New white paper on modular bathroom pods offers insight on best uses

When to use them, cost, and installation are issues that are explored.


By Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor | February 6, 2017

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The Modular Building Institute (MBI) recently published "Saving Time with Modular Bathroom Pods," a whitepaper that provides an overview of bathroom pods.

The document provides insight into when modular bathroom pods should be used on a project, their costs, and installation considerations. It also includes case studies across various markets that successfully integrated bathroom pods.

ā€œChoosing to use bathroom pods can lead to real benefits realized in purchasing, design, production, quality control, and shortened completion times,ā€ according to an MBI news release. ā€œThe use of bathroom pods greatly reduces the amount of work on-site. It also reduces the amount of on-site coordination typically required for multiple trades to work in one area.ā€

The whitepaper was compiled by MBI staff with information contributed by MBI members Intelligent Offsite, PIVOTek, Easy Building Solutions, PUDA Industrial Co., and non-member BLOX Modular.Ā 

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