BECC Modular<\/a><\/span> to create about 2,200 structures per year of single and multi-story buildings.<\/p>\nDuring a recent press conference, local MP Filomina Tassi said some of the cash will be tied to development of skilled labour and 35 new jobs in Hamilton.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you don\u2019t have the people to build the homes, you\u2019re not going to get them built,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are investing significant amounts of money to ensure that we are providing workers with the training they need in order to take up those jobs that are going to create the homes that are needed.\u201d<\/p>\n
BECC produces turn-key modular homes for affordable housing projects and commercial properties. Completed modules are stored until shipping date, then trucked to the site for installation. At least 80 to 90 per cent of the construction happens inside the factory and that speeds up building time by 25 to 50 per cent.<\/p>\n
CEO Ali Ozden says the cash will also \u201cdramatically\u201d increase production with new machinery including a hydraulic pressure machine and fiber laser steel cutter.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the right investment at the right time. BECC Modular has access to the right labour and materials in Hamilton to scale up dramatically our production output and respond rapidly to the ever-increasing demand for housing of all types,\u201d Ozden said.<\/p>\n
The City of Toronto has committed to creating 1,000 new modular homes in Toronto. Officials say it is \u201can innovative way to build small-scale infill housing that provides people experiencing homelessness with safe homes and appropriate supports\u201d to help them achieve housing stability.<\/p>\n
Council approved the construction of the first 250 modular homes on City-owned sites in 2020 and 2021. Since then, the city has completed 216 modular homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Robin MacLennan Ontario Construction Report staff writer A Hamilton-area modular home builder will receive $2.5 million from the federal government to upgrade its facility, increase production and create skilled trades jobs. The planned expansion will enable BECC Modular to create about 2,200 structures per year of single and multi-story buildings. During a recent press conference, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":13218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,42,120],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13190","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-around-the-province","8":"category-featured","9":"category-greater-toronto-area"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13190"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13219,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190\/revisions\/13219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}