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Where the System Starts to Break Down
As modular construction continues to gain traction, one of the biggest barriers isn’t capability, it’s alignment.
“We are regulated at the state level, which means there’s 50 different ways we’re regulated in this country,” Hardiman explains.
For companies operating across multiple states, that creates a patchwork of requirements that complicates an otherwise streamlined process. “If you’re building in multiple states, you’re dealing with multiple systems,” he says. “And that adds friction.” Efforts are underway to introduce more consistency through standardized inspection and quality control processes. Some states have adopted them. Many have not. “We’d love to have one standard way to do it.” At the federal level, the disconnect becomes even more apparent—particularly in disaster recovery.
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