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Bank Gets New Branch Faster With Genesis Homes Modular
Construction
Troy, Mich., October 7, 2008 – Genesis Homes of Lillington, N.C., a
member of the Champion family of builders, today announced that it is
meeting the challenge of providing factory-built commercial buildings
while shaving months off the construction process. Successfully
capitalizing on fast-changing market opportunities requires a fast
response – an extremely difficult challenge in banking, or any retail
situation when a new branch or outlet must be built quickly.
Empowered with the responsiveness that modular construction provides,
Turn-Key Financial Builders (Charlotte, N.C.) was able to design and
build a new Bank of Floyd (Floyd, Va.) branch office approximately 35
percent faster than typical on-site construction for this type of facility.
Patterned after a similar branch built in Christiansburg, Va., the new 2,144
sq. ft. structure, located in Fairlawn, Va. is the second Bank of Floyd
branch built with modular construction. Production of the main structure
modules was completed in Genesis Homes’ Lillington, N.C. facility,
simultaneous with site preparation work. Exterior brickwork, interior
casework and trim, and the drive-thru canopy and teller window were
done on-site.
Time savings can approach 50 percent when the efficiencies of the
modular building process are brought into play. Design, bidding, and
conventional construction for a bank branch typically average 30 weeks
(excluding variables such as civil engineering and plan reviews). Modular
construction cuts this time almost in half, to about 16 weeks, even with a
few site-built elements such as drive-thrus, canopies and ATM areas.
In addition to record-time construction, modular systems provide another
advantage – superior quality. “The construction of a modular building is
actually better than conventional site-built, because it has to be
engineered to withstand travel,” reports George Stewart, vice president,
sales, for Turn-Key. “Of all the modular building manufacturers we’ve
worked with, Genesis Homes delivers the best quality and the best
project execution. And I say this without qualification – this modular
project was significantly better than any we’d done prior to it. I couldn’t
find any uneven dimensions. It looks like it was built right there, from the
ground up.” Genesis modular commercial buildings are built to the same
standards, and conform to the same building codes as site-built.
Leon Moore, president, Bank of Floyd, added, “Based on our first modular
experience, we wanted to take advantage of the timing benefits of
modular construction for a larger floor-plan branch. By using the Genesis
format, Turn-Key was able to build a high-quality facility in much less time
than we expected. We’re very happy with the design, and all of the work.
Unless you were a part of the project, you would have no idea that this is a
factory-built building.”
The modular sections were assembled on-site in a matter of days,
leaving more time for the completion by Turn-Key subcontractors on-site,
who were coping with unusually severe winter weather conditions. The
end result was a time savings of approximately 10 weeks compared to
typical conventional construction under the same conditions.
Chris Cameron of Genesis Homes, summarized, “After a review at our
plant, we quickly determined that we could accommodate the design
specifications presented to us by Turn-Key. These types of commercial
projects are a natural fit for us, and we’ll be building more and more of
them in the near future.”
Turn-Key’s George Stewart elaborates, “We anticipate that many
opportunities will emerge where the timing factors and quality imperatives
are going to point us to the use of Genesis Homes of Lillington for
modular construction of commercial buildings. We know we can count on
Genesis for both speed and superior quality.”