Dive Brief:
- Appleton, Wisconsin-based contractor Boldt Co. is providing a new market offering with its offshoot, Bildt, which will provide modular construction services to clients, the company announced in a Jan. 8 news release.
- Bildt manufactures modular buildings and slide-in room and bathroom pods for markets that include healthcare, industrial, education and commercial, per the release. It claims to be one of the few manufacturers to also offer installation of its products as a service.
- Fabrication takes place in the company’s off-site facility in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, according to Boldt. Meanwhile, the site team coordinates construction activities with the project’s general contractor or construction manager, or with Bildt’s field execution teams.
Dive Insight:
Boldt Co. said that it created Bildt in response to interest from facility owners, general contractors and architects to reduce project costs and increase speed to market.
“As a general contractor, we recognized the need for our line of innovative, customizable permanent modular and prefabricated products that can cut construction times in half, allowing building owners to occupy and generate revenue months sooner than anticipated,” said Ben Bruns, Bildt’s vice president of modular who is leading Bildt, in the release.
In addition to permanent modular units, Bildt manufactures prefabricated panels and components, which include headwalls, exterior wall panels and systems, steel wall studs and interior framing assemblies tailored to project specifications, per the release…