Posts by Jamie Hutton
Faster, Reusable, Ready: Modular Emergency Shelter in BC
Faster, Reusable, Ready: Modular Emergency Shelter in BC Emergency shelter is a timing problem before it’s a building problem. When a community loses shelter capacity (a lease ends, a building is sold, a disaster displaces people, or demand outruns the beds available), the gap gets measured in the nights people spend outside. Conventional construction runs…
Read MoreFrom Empty Lot to Open Doors in Months – Temporary Shelters
From Empty Lot to Open Doors in Months – Temporary Shelters Every so often a project comes down to a simple question: how fast can people get indoors? That was the situation on a recent temporary shelter we delivered for BC Housing. A coastal community had lost its only emergency shelter when the building it…
Read MoreWhat Is CSA A277? The Standard Behind Permanent Modular Construction
What Is CSA A277? The Standard Behind Permanent Modular Construction When a planner, lender, or building official asks whether modular construction “meets code,” the underlying question is usually about CSA A277. It is the Canadian standard that makes a factory-built module legally equivalent to a site-built structure and the most important regulatory concept anyone working…
Read More2026 ULI British Columbia MMC Panel Discussion
2026 ULI British Columbia MMC Panel Discussion Recently, Tasu Construction joined the 2026 Urban Land Institute Cascadia Conference at the Vancouver Museum. Our own Jamie Hutton represented Tasu on the “Modern Methods of Construction” panel, moderated by Oliver Tennant of CitySpaces. Alongside Kenny Dempsey of Kindred Construction and Ian Baird of Caliber Construction, the panel…
Read MoreTASU Construction Takes Home Award at World of Modular 2026
TASU Construction Takes Home Award at World of Modular 2026 TASU Construction has received an Honorable Mention in the Permanent Modular Multifamily (Under 10,000 sq ft) category at the Modular Building Institute’s 2026 Awards of Distinction, the modular construction industry’s highest international honors, presented at the World of Modular conference in Las Vegas. The recognition…
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