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It may not be perfect but this will provide for more than a 100 people who won't be homeless come winter time.
Calgary have some corrupt police who work closely with the Creepy Ones in Ontario but in this case even they aren't able to stop this to expand their budgets. Ontario is going to see mass crime in the winter as the homeless become desperate.
Along a busy street on the west end of downtown, another new rental building is going up — but instead of being built from scratch, prefabricated units are being craned into place, piece by piece.
Each box being stacked contains two studio apartments, already filled with appliances like fridges, stoves, washers and dryers.
Altogether, the pieces will make up 84 studio apartments across six storeys.
The modular units were manufactured at ATCO Structures' factory in southwest Calgary. They took roughly three months to complete.
Jaydan Tait, CEO of Attainable Homes Calgary — the city-owned agency behind the project — says the speed of modular construction is a major advantage as Calgary tackles an ongoing housing crisis.
"From the starting point of manufacture to a fully-stacked building will be from April 15 to the middle of August, so just a few months, unlike a typical construction build which can be on average about two years," said Tait.
Compared to traditional builds, this approach requires less labour, says Tait, and the construction costs are lower since it takes less time to complete. He says that's reflected in the price charged to tenants.
Calgary have some corrupt police who work closely with the Creepy Ones in Ontario but in this case even they aren't able to stop this to expand their budgets. Ontario is going to see mass crime in the winter as the homeless become desperate.
Along a busy street on the west end of downtown, another new rental building is going up — but instead of being built from scratch, prefabricated units are being craned into place, piece by piece.
Each box being stacked contains two studio apartments, already filled with appliances like fridges, stoves, washers and dryers.
Altogether, the pieces will make up 84 studio apartments across six storeys.
The modular units were manufactured at ATCO Structures' factory in southwest Calgary. They took roughly three months to complete.
Jaydan Tait, CEO of Attainable Homes Calgary — the city-owned agency behind the project — says the speed of modular construction is a major advantage as Calgary tackles an ongoing housing crisis.
"From the starting point of manufacture to a fully-stacked building will be from April 15 to the middle of August, so just a few months, unlike a typical construction build which can be on average about two years," said Tait.
Compared to traditional builds, this approach requires less labour, says Tait, and the construction costs are lower since it takes less time to complete. He says that's reflected in the price charged to tenants.
