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The Modular Construction Train Is Picking Up Steam
Modular construction helps address challenges of cost and schedule pressures, labor shortages and a need to maintain safety on-site.
By Eric J. Meier
December 6, 2019
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by Eric J. Meier
Eric J. Meier is a Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based partner with Husch Blackwell LLP and serves as a leader of the firm’s Construction Academy team. He represents construction and business clients from contracting through litigation and every point in between.
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