The Daily Times

Clayton Building Solutions brought home three prestigious Awards of Distinction from the Modular Building Institute’s “World of Modular” meeting in Las Vegas.

“This is quite an honor for our company, and we are thrilled to receive such high praise,” Kevin Clayton, CEO of Alcoa-based Clayton Homes, said in a statement Monday.

“Our industry is producing a number of truly amazing structures, and for us to be selected from the number of outstanding entries this year is a great accomplishment.”

Clayton Building Solutions is the commercial building arm of Clayton Homes and engages in a myriad of projects throughout the U.S. including military, multifamily, student housing and light commercial construction.

This is not the first time Clayton has been honored by the MBI. The company has received a total of seven Awards of Distinction between 2001 and 2011.

Clayton received this year’s Judges’ Choice Award for its Fort Sam Houston project at the U.S. Army base at San Antonio, Texas. This premier award is given each year to the highest scoring entry. Additionally, the company received first place in the Education category for the Fort Sam Houston project, while their Fort Hood project in Texas received honorable mention in the Institutional category.

“The entries in the MBI contest represent the best our industry has to offer each year,” said Doug Henriquez, director of Clayton Building Solutions. “Modular construction is becoming widely recognized as the better way to build.”

According to Henriquez, modular construction offers several advantages over more traditional methods. Projects are completed in less time and modular construction is typically more efficient, safer, “greener,” and offers higher energy efficiency and quality because components are constructed in a controlled environment.

Cost effective

The Fort Sam Houston development is one of the largest residential modular construction projects ever built at a U.S. Army base.

The Army found it could create housing for 1,200 military medical trainees faster and more cost effectively by turning to modular construction.

In essence, 250,000 square feet of barracks were transported and assembled keeping the construction time involved to a minimum. The completed project includes five buildings, supplying housing for 3,000 members of the armed forces.

Clayton Building Solutions manufactured the modular units in their Belton, Texas, facility, then transported each to the site in San Antonio. Each building stands four stories tall and has 600 hotel-style apartments.

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