Your Trusted Partner for Seamless Success in Modular Construction

Ensure a smooth and cost-efficient process with our Modular Consulting service.

Entering the modular construction business is often unknown territory for many builders and developers. Our clients have benefited tremendously from our Consulting service which makes planning, designing, and manufacturing a modular project a smooth and efficient process.

We offer the following industry expertise and resources to assist you at every stage of development:

Forecasting

  • Provide accurate project assessment to identify necessary resources, timelines, opportunities, and potential challenges.

 

Design & Development

  • Connect you to our extensive network of qualified architects specializing in modular construction.

  • Collaborate closely with a professional design team to ensure your project is "modular friendly."

  • Coordinate with local teams to ensure compatibility between the project’s design and specific requirements.

  • Develop a comprehensive Scope of Work (SOW) outlining the project's objectives, deliverables, and timelines.

Local Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)

  • Facilitate communication with the ground team and local AHJs to ensure a clear understanding of the project to minimize risk. 

Manufacturing Process

  • Identify reputable, qualified manufacturers for your project’s requirements including location, building type, and availability.

  • Coordinate the manufacturer, design team, and engineering team to ensure seamless and efficient workflow.

  • Provide Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) pricing during the early stages of the project to help inform decision-making.

  • Review specifications with your team to ensure they meet the required design standards.

  • Coordinate the Structural and Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) Engineering teams to ensure a cohesive, on-time and on-budget manufacturing process.

  • Refine design with the manufacturer and provide Firm-Fixed Pricing, ensuring transparency and accuracy.

Location Site

  • Collaborate with local General Contractors (GCs) for smooth integration of the modular project within the site plan.

  • Coordinate the development of foundation plans, including structural engineering and other crucial aspects.

 

Installation through to Completion

  • Present a range of installation options, tailored to meet your specific requirements.

  • Obtain accurate pricing from installation professionals, ensuring there are no gaps in the Scope of Work (SOW).

Purchasing Agent

  • Once plans are approved we advise on selecting the right manufacturer, transporter and installer based on their technology, price, and quality.

  • With our experience sourcing modular construction we are able to secure manufacturing line-time sooner at a more competitive price, savings time and money.

Leadership

 

Etai Timna

President

With over a decade as an executive in the architecture and modular construction industries, Etai Timna is the President of US Modular Consulting. Etai is dedicated to expanding the modular construction sector and working with clients to advance their development projects through use of innovative modular technologies. Before US Modular, Etai held executive roles at top modular building companies advising on projects for many of the largest developers and general contractors in the United States. 

Etai leverages his expertise in business development, project management, and volumetric construction to provide flexible and tailored advisory services to developers, contractors, and builders who want to embrace the future of construction. Etai oversees US Modular Consulting's advisory service offerings and collaborates with modular subject matter experts to support clients' ability to scale their success through efficient, on-time, smart and sustainable construction development.  Etai has a long-standing track record of delivering successful modular projects at every stage of development -- including design, construction drawings, building information modeling (BIM), and submittals. Etai holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Miami and a Bachelor of Science from Tulane University. 

 

Advisory Partners

 

Jim Ginas

As an executive with over 30 years of experience in the modular industry, Jim has deep knowledge of every stage of modular construction and its development lifecycle. Under Jim’s leadership, modular manufacturers have scaled their facility footprints and sales reach across various modular build styles and systems. Before joining US Modular, Jim was the Chief Sales Officer for Sunbelt Modular Manufacturing. There, he led revenue growth to $200m after it merged with Southeast Modular Manufacturing, the modular manufacturers he helped to found. Under Jim’s leadership, Southeast Modular Manufacturing became the premier manufacturer in the Southeast USA. They were known for their ability to use modular construction to tackle the most complicated builds in the region.

Today, Jim provides clients first-hand expertise in driving timely, seamless, cost-efficient manufacturing and development for their projects.

Jim holds a Bachelor of Science from Bentley College.

 

Mark Skender

Mark is an experienced real estate leader with a unique combination of success in entrepreneurship, company growth, industry disruption, and non-profit organization transformation. He co-founded and grew Skender Construction, a leading Chicago-based general contractor from annual revenues of $800k into an innovative, industry-leading brand at $420m.

Mark created an industry disruptive vision of vertically integrating volumetric modular design, engineering, manufacturing, and construction resulting in generating a pipeline of 30+ projects totaling ~$300m.

In addition to his success, Mark has advised multiple organizations including McKinsey & Company, Hostelling International (USA), and Frances Xavier Warde School Chicago. He is also an adjunct professor of construction management at Northwestern University’s Master of Project Management.

Mark holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University as well as a Bachelor of Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

At US Modular, we are committed to providing expert guidance and support throughout your entire modular construction process. With our comprehensive owner’s rep service, your modular project will benefit from time and costs savings drawn off of our deep experience and industry network of partners. Looking for representation in your next modular project?