Steve Glenn, CEO of Plant Prefab, shares how his company is infiltrating single and multifamily housing markets with custom designed prefabricated homes to deliver healthy and sustainable buildings by design and at scale.
With construction costs rising across the country, many are looking to prefabricated and offsite construction to speed up the process and reduce prices. Wanting to make room for more design options and custom homebuilding in this space, Steve Glenn started Plant Prefab to bring together the principles of good design with modular construction.
In this interview, Glenn also discusses the ways his company are using new technologies and solutions like AI to allow for even greater personalization for clients and designers. Lastly, Glenn elaborates how infiltrating the urban multi-family market with prefabricated construction might be a game changer for the housing market.
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FULL STORY: CEO Steve Glenn on Integrating Design, Sustainability, & Efficiency in the Prefab Custom Home Market
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