Offsite construction has been an ongoing construction trend for the last several years, but with such a large majority of stakeholders reporting that they are using the technique, as they did in the NIBS survey, it might be time to call it a standard industry practice.
What could be considered an emerging trend, however, is when offsite construction is used in combination with modular projects. Just as contractors are benefiting from reduced schedule time and increased quality by using offsite construction, the same can be said for those that use prefabricated, modular components.
