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NRB Inc. now has a YouTube channel!
NRB has expanded its online offerings with the recent addition of short, informative videos on YouTube. We have also embedded these videos throughout our site for your easy viewing, so what are you waiting for? Watch as we show you how projects are constructed off-site in our controlled environment and transported to you up to 95% complete. Take a tour through the various markets we serve and discover why we are a leader in innovative modular construction. You can visit our YouTube channel by clicking [Here]
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NRB Inc. builds a new level of sustainability with Xstrata Nickel’s LEED® designed project
In 2008, Xstrata Nickel, a leading developer of mineral resources around the world, contracted with
NRB Inc., a leader in off-site permanent modular construction technology in Canada and the US, to
design, build and commission a 60,000 square foot Administration/Dry facility; the first LEED®
designed project for both companies in Canada, and one of the first ever for the commercial
modular construction industry.[More]
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NRB Inc. Earns Six Awards of Distinction for Building Excellence from the Modular Building Institute
GRIMSBY, ON, CANADA, and EPHRATA, PA, USA, April 12, 2010 – NRB Inc. has won six Awards of Distinction during the Modular Building Institute’s annual conference held in Orlando, Florida on March 8, 2010. Awards were given for the Taddle Creek, Red Arrow, Xstrata, Pro Oil and Queen Anne’s County projects, as well as the North Andover project. [More]
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Builder Big on Making Deliveries
(from the Sunday News, March 22, 2009 Lancaster, PA)
The Reading School District built a shiny new, two-story elementary school last year. The school rolled in on trucks. First, NRB Modular Building Specialists workers bolted and welded together the structure at their 3-acre plant in Ephrata. [More]
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This new 98,000 sq. ft. school combines elementary and magnet school programs
The location for the school was a very tight urban space. 60,000 sq. ft. of permanent modular construction provides classrooms, offices and media centers, and 38,000 sq. ft. of site built structure houses the gym, cafeteria and mechanical spaces, all placed over an underground parking garage. [More]
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The NRB “off-site” modular construction project delivery method is a greener, more sustainable alternative to site-built construction
Driven by the need for a much shorter project completion schedule and reduced impact from on-site construction activity, Xstrata Nickel explored the current trends and technology available with permanent modular construction as an alternative to conventional means. [More]
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Hall of Fame Inductees Recognized at the 2008 MBI Awards of Distinction in Bonita Springs, Florida
In honour of MBI's 25th anniversary, Hall of Fame recipients were invited as guests of MBI to participate in the event. NRB founders, Bob and Jean McNeil, were recognized once again as Hall of Fame Inductees at the 2008 MBI Awards of Distinction in Bonita Springs, Florida. Bob & Jean were inducted into the Modular Building Institute (MBI) Hall of Fame in July 2003 and recognized for their lifetime achievements influencing the growth and success of the modular building industry. |
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Advancements in Modular Design Technology
Forget what you thought you knew. Today the modular construction industry is gaining momentum in the multi-billion dollar commercial construction market. As relationships are forged with architects, owners, general contractors and facilities managers to design and build an amazing array of permanent facilities for the marketplace in health care, retail, commercial and educational; significantly faster, more efficiently, and with more flexibility than site built construction. [More]
(For more information on American School & Hospital Facility click here.) |
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Speed. Selection. Sustainability
It may interest you to know, that choosing to build with NRB could help you be a little more environmentally responsible. Why? Simply put, there are some “green” principles inherent to the modular construction process that improve construction and on-site performance. [More] |
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The NRB “off-site” modular construction project delivery method is a greener, more sustainable alternative to site-built construction
Green Building is becoming an increasingly widespread, worldwide initiative as we strive to improve our environment and protect our resources. Following the USGBC LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) roadmap to sustainability, it becomes apparent that modular construction methodology can provide inherent green advantages over conventional construction, making this project delivery method a more environmentally responsible alternative.
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Our “green” modular building design wins the Montgomery County Design Challenge for a more Sustainable Portable Classroom
The NRB/Triumph Modular/ARC collaboration that took first place in the Montgomery County Public Schools Portable Classroom Design challenge - went on to win once again, an outstanding BEST IN SHOW at the Annual Awards of Distinction in March, 2007 from the Modular Building Institute (MBI) in the Green Classroom Design category. We'd like to thank our partners, Triumph Modular and Architectural Resources Cambridge once again for a great effort, the MBI for the vision to develop this new category of competition, and all of our industry peers for your vote of confidence in our continuing efforts to design more sustainable buildings today! [More] |
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The Reading School District welcomes 2 new Magnet Schools
NRB received the Second Place, Honorable Mention award at the March 2007 MBI Awards of Distinction in Carslbad, CA in the "Permanent Educational Facilities" category for buildings over 10,000 square feet. This 24,000 square foot modular school was designed using steel and concrete construction that gave the Reading School District the flexibility and speed of the modular construction process as well as the funding it required that is only available for permanent school construction. [More] |
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Design Challenge
The team of Triumph Modular (Littleton,
MA); NRB, Inc. (Grimsby, Ontario and Ephrata, PA); and Architectural
Resource Cambridge (Cambridge, MA), has combined to win the national
Portable Classroom Design Challenge sponsored by The School District
of Montgomery County, MD. The design contest featured entries
from across the United States and Canada.
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Introducing the All New “MobileRange”
Extend the golf season with this new and exciting
all weather facility. The MobileRange can be permanent or temporary
providing protection to the golfer in cold or wet weather. Upon delivery
to client’s site, MobileRange is ready for use the same day!
The unique rolling shutter system allows complete and instant security
for equipment which can be locked up and ready for use the next day. [More] |
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