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Built Different episodes
- Why Modular Fails More Often Than It ShouldWhy do modular construction projects fail more often than they should?
Modular fails not because the method is flawed, but because teams treat it like traditional construction with a factory in the middle. The coordination requirements are fundamentally different.
Topics covered:
- Why the "factory instead of site" framing is dangerous
- How modular is actually a systems integration problem
- Where failures really happen—in the gaps between design, production, and site
- Why the factory doesn't remove risk, it relocates it upstream
- What this means for developers and capital
For developers, GCs, and capital partners evaluating modular construction.
Built Different is produced by Spring Street Management Group. New episodes drop weekdays at 6 AM Pacific.
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About Built Different
From the publisher's feed
Built Different is a daily podcast for developers, general contractors, and capital partners working in modular, volumetric, and off-site construction.
No hype. No futurism. Just execution reality.
Each episode breaks down what actually determines success or failure in factory-built projects: coordination gaps, design freeze timing, transportation risks, sequencing failures, financing mismatches, and the hidden costs no one models.
This isn't a show about the promise of modular. It's about what happens when modules hit the jobsite—and what you need to get right before they do.
Topics include:
Why modular projects fail (and it's not the factory)
Design freeze and its hidden costs
Transportation as construction risk
Site work that still controls the timeline
Where modular actually saves money—and where it doesn't
Sequencing, coordination, and the gaps between systems
3-4 minutes daily. Built for people who build.
Brought to you by Spring Street Management Group.