Leveraging Modular Construction
Project Zero: Completed 2024
Oldivai’s Innovation Lab for Accelerating Housing Development
Located in Spokane, Washington, Oldivai’s pilot project refined the design for our kit-of-parts concept and validated the use of modern modular construction techniques. Modules were built in a climate controlled factory and delivered by truck to the site with the interiors fully completed. The modules were set in place by crane over four days onto a waiting foundation and final exterior site work completed.
Why Modular Construction?
At Oldivai, we believe that to meet the market demand for housing, we must fundamentally rethink every aspect of the construction process.
Project Zero was designed from the ground up as a modular project; a pilot to optimize the use of LEAN/Six Sigma manufacturing methodologies to deliver workforce housing at scale. Modular construction allows site work to occur in parallel with the fabrication of modules in the factory, accelerating the development schedule. Additionally, fabrication in of modules on a jig in a climate controlled environment improves quality and reduces material waste.
Since the completion of Project Zero, the Oldivai team has continued to refine our design template to optimize the standardized housing product. Improved engineering design has made the interconnection of modules more efficient decreasing total construction time and pushing a higher percentage of work into the factory. Improved cost estimation tools have accelerated financial modeling. All in an effort to increase the speed to market, reduce the cost of production, and elevate housing supply.
