PBS Building a Modular Dormitory
Construction is underway on a modular dormitory on Barclay Street in Paterson, NJ that will serve as dormitories for students from a New York-based medical school who are going through training at St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center. Modular construction is being used to build the modular dormitory. If the 5 story wood framed modular building is built on a concrete/steel frame first floor and the first several floors have stud spacing of 8” and wider as it goes up, and it is built to the code which governs dormitories, 5 floors are permissible. Officials at New York Medical College (NYMC) say the dormitories will be ready to open in January. Mayor Jose “Joey” Torres expressed excitement about the new dorms. “I believe that at some point you might see something similar happening in our downtown with young people at PCCC (Passaic County Community College),” the mayor said. The dorms near St. Joseph’s appeared on Barclay Street almost overnight. The contractor two weeks ago stacked five units of wood-framed modular...
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