Neighbor News: Valparaiso University Puts the “Fab” in Pre-Fab

Written By Editor on March 24, 2014 in architecture, Construction, farther afield, Valparaiso

  To the layman, the term “pre-fab” in construction conjures up images of double-wide trailers, assembled with staples, plastic sheeting, and low-grade M.D.F.  But the truth is that these days, computers turned that notion of “pre-fab” on its head. Witness Valparaiso University,  a little over an hour to our southeast.  The college is building a new dormitory, and Mortenson Construction is assembling it...