You may look at this picture of a modular prefabricated utility plant adjacent to a field-built structure and ask, “Why didn’t the client simply add on to the brick building?” Beyond the standard drivers (compressed schedule, cost certainty, and reduced field labor), there can be…
The term Off-Site Construction – or OSC – has gained popularity over the past few years, as the construction industry moves to incorporate more prefabrication and modularity into projects across all sizes, markets and geographies.
Epsilon recently began field-installation of a large Off-Site Constructed (OSC) process chilled water system for an automotive plant in Coahuila State, Mexico. This 6,000 ton system (seen here in our final assembly plant in Kingston, Ontario, prior to shipment) is configured to standards developed for…
A Formula 1 or IndyCar pit stop is an incredible blend of skill, speed and expertise. Each member of the crew focuses on a single aspect of the pit stop – he or she has one job. Everyone on the team works in harmony to…
In the retail shopping industry, stores rarely keep large quantities of inventory on hand. Today’s retailers most often use “just-in-time” delivery to stay one step ahead of shoppers, without keeping lots of cash tied up in inventory that can go bad, fall out of style…
