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OFFSITEK, an integrated construction company and SFIA member, announced a partnership with Universal Storage Containers to address homelessness and affordable housing. The companies will work together to manufacture and deliver shelter and transitional housing for those in need using OFFSITEK’s state-of-the-art cold-formed steel (CFS) framing automated robotic manufacturing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“It is anticipated that over the next five years the business generated as a result of this contract will range upwards in production for the Charlotte-based OFFSITEK of approximately 250 million dollars,” said George Johnson, a partner in USC.
OFFSITEK merges automation, robotic assembly and cutting-edge software at its Charlotte, North Carolina factory.
OFFSITEK Anticipates Expansion
According to an OFFSITEK press release, on any given night, roughly 582,500 people experience homelessness in the United States, with 40% of those in unsheltered locations such as the street, abandoned buildings or in other places not suitable for human habitation.
Universal Storage Containers and OFFSITEK look to reduce that number by quickly manufacturing and delivering shelter and transitional housing for those in need to organizations and municipalities working to address homelessness and affordable housing challenges.
“OFFSITEK is honored to be awarded this contract to apply our unique industrialized-construction solution to address the affordable housing and homelessness initiatives currently underway throughout the nation,” said Dwight Morgan, chief manufacturing officer for OFFSITEK.
“We are excited by this contract for high-volume manufacturing-based construction,” said Rick Admani Abulhaj, managing director for OFFSITEK. “Due to the size and quantity of products to be manufactured under this contract, we anticipate an expansion of OFFSITEK within our home state of North Carolina. We expect to generate 150 new jobs, as well as create other supply chain related jobs in the region.”
OFFSITEK’s Prefabrication Ecosystem
OFFSITEK’s industrialized-construction prefabrication ecosystem consists of a suite of enabling technologies including:
Digitalization
- Human-to-machine collaboration
- Robotic automation
- Advanced building science
- Use of light-gauge-steel and advanced framing technology
This system results in creating and offering affordable housing solutions that are beautiful, high-quality, sustainable, stronger, more energy-efficient, and with a superior life-cycle durability.
For more information, visit www.OFFSITEK.com.
Additional Resources
- OFFSITEK Combines Steel Framing with Offsite Technology to Manufacture Affordable Housing
- Community Celebrates Success of Affordable Housing Built with Steel Framing Tech
- SFIA’s Williams Sees Robots Being a Staple in Future Steel Framing