Canadian modular building manufacturer Lida Group has opened an expanded production campus integrating advanced robotic steel fabrication capabilities aimed at mass-producing structurally insulated wall, floor and roofing panels for mid-rise multifamily buildings across North America.

The new facility incorporates giant computer-controlled plasma cutters, roll formers, welders and CNC machines transforming steel sheet and extrusions into complete modular building sections up to 20 feet wide and 60 feet long on overhead gantries.

Panels feature rigid foam insulation sandwiched between galvanized steel skins warrantied 50-100 years. Many incorporate windows, exterior finishes and MEP rough-ins applied under strict quality control. Completed bays stack like Lego for off-site construction vendors.

By automating panel fabrication, Lida aims reducing construction costs by up to 30% versus traditional stick-built whilst creating high-performance building enclosures free of thermal bridging or air leakage common with site assembly exposed to weather.

Prefabrication concentrates specialty trades in a controlled factory setting untroubled by labor shortages versus scheduling multiple subcontractors on-site coordinating across weather-dependent specialties. Increased through puts lower overall housing prices.

Initial deployments will see panels trucked to job sites erecting 5-12 story platforms within months through simple bolting. Structural cores and shear walls lift mechanically. Drywall, mechanical and elevator installation proceed under cover lessening delays.

Buildings complete up to 30% faster than similar site-built wood or concrete structures according to early adopters. Reduced construction times bring occupied units to market during hot housing periods recovering costs quicker through accelerated cash flows.

Lida views steel modular as key transforming North American building through sustainable mass-timber scale combined with greater durability and fire resistance ratings enabling larger multi-unit projects unfeasible with flammable wooden assemblies increasingly restricted near expanding wildland fire risk zones.

If successful reducing construction costs at scale, the new production methods aim catalyzing broader adoption high-density infill housing combatting escalating costs of living with workforce optimization. Robotic fabrication also future-proofs operations for automated factories of tomorrow.

The new facility represents a substantial investment unlocking new revenue streams through an efficient construction model sustainable and affordable empowering communities for generations to come through innovative shelter engineering tackling pressing challenges.

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