Three finished flat-roofed building modules in strict alignment on a pale sealed floor inside a large bright industrial hall, overhead gantry rails running level above them

Product category · Group D · consumer & terminal products

Modular buildings

Volumetric modules and flat-pack panels: 80% of the work happens in a factory, and a 100-unit building lands in eight months.

Send us your site and unit mix The Group D sites

Schedule

8months

For a 100-unit apartment building, against 18 months conventionally

Factory content

80%

Of building work moved into a controlled factory environment

Project cost

15–20%

Average total saving against conventional construction

Material waste

<3%

In the factory, against 15–20% on a conventional site

01Connection layer · what we supply

What actually arrives
on site.

3 building types6 design library entries3 reference programmes

A finished modular accommodation module with a full-height glazed end wall and a slim dark door, standing on a low steel base frame — Fig. A **One module, finished inside and out** before it leaves the factory.

Three finished volumetric building modules, two stacked and one standing beside, in matte white and pale grey cladding with a continuous shadow gap — Fig. B **Modules stack.** Equal joints and a shadow gap are set in the factory, not on site.

The interior of a finished unfurnished modular room module in one-point perspective, pale floor, white wall panels and one full-height glazed end wall — Fig. C **Interiors arrive fitted.** The room is a delivery item, not a site trade.

What we supply
Product	Delivered as	Note
Modular apartments	Volumetric modules or flat-pack panels	Stacked to the site's lifting plan
Modular hotels	Room modules with finished interiors	Repetition is the cost lever
Modular offices	Modules and panel systems	Relocatable and expandable
Standard design library	Belle, Harmony, Zurich, Bazzurro, Dalhart, EOLO House	Start from a typology, not a blank sheet
Reference programmes	A-Frame Resort, Modular Villa, Townhouse Export	Shapes this supply chain has already shipped

02Decision layer · the four numbers

The numbers that decide
whether modular wins.

ScheduleCostWasteSite labour

A wide factory production floor seen from a raised viewpoint, three rows of identical machinery and painted walkways — Fig. D **Weather stops being a schedule risk** once the work moves inside.

Modular against conventional
Measure	Modular	Conventional
100-unit apartment building	8 months	18 months
Total project cost	15–20% lower	Baseline
Material waste	Under 3%	15–20%
Work on site	20%	100%

Three finished volumetric building modules on a clean pale apron under an open neutral sky, two stacked and one standing beside — Fig. E **Site labour is the fourth measure.** 80% of the work leaves the site, which matters most where skilled trades are scarce or there is no laydown area.

03Connection layer · who builds it

The named site
behind this category.

1 supplier siteGroup DEast Asia manufacturing network

MODURA

Precision-engineered modular buildings — apartments, hotels and offices — delivered through a verified manufacturing network in East Asia.

100 units in 8 months80% factory content15–20% savingUnder 3% waste

ICC-ES ESR-5348ISO 9001:2015ISO 14001:2015ISO 45001:2018an SGS CPR certificateIntertek WH fire test — ISO 3008-1

Two of those are management-system certificates. ISO 14001 does not set environmental performance criteria, and ISO 45001 does not address product safety. The construction-product evidence is the evaluation report, the fire test and the CPR certificate.

Two pairs of hands over a technical drawing, one pointing at a dimension tick with a pen — Fig. F **Drawing control is the real product.** Every revision travels in both languages.

A finished modular accommodation module with a glazed end wall standing on a low steel base frame — Fig. G **A steel base frame** is what a volumetric module is lifted and levelled on.

Three finished modular building modules in matte white and pale grey cladding with identical joints — Fig. H **Repeatable typologies** are what make the eight-month programme possible.

04Trust layer · codes and approvals

Approval is a process,
not a sticker.

ICC-ES ESR-5348AISCISO 3008-1

A single technical drawing sheet seen from above with a pen, folding dividers and one teal sticky tab

The US pathway is a sequence

ICC-ES ESR-5348 covers light-steel framing evaluated for IBC/IRC 2021 with the California and Los Angeles supplements. Then the state process begins.

PE-stamped drawingsThird-party plan reviewDAPIA / TPIA inspection

A wide factory floor with three rows of identical machinery and painted walkways between them

Structural steel is a facility question

Fabrication runs through AISC-certified facilities, and that certificate is specific to the facility. Ask which one, not which company.

AISC-certified facilityAsk which one

A finished modular accommodation module with a full-height glazed end wall and a slim dark door

Fire performance is tested

The Intertek WH fire test to ISO 3008-1 is a test result, so the buyer should receive the report itself.

Intertek WH fire testISO 3008-1Ask for the report

Three finished volumetric building modules standing on a clean pale apron under an open sky

The European route runs on the CPR

An SGS CPR certificate is on the file, and it covers one product scope. Check that the scope matches your construction.

an SGS CPR certificateOne product scopeCheck it matches

05Execution layer · how we carry it

A building programme lives
or dies on drawing control.

6 service lines1 contract

SVC-02

Language bridge

A site query that lands on the wrong drawing revision.

Every revision is carried in Chinese and English, with the approval held against a frozen revision.

An engineering bench under an inspection lamp with a finished circuit board assembly, a magnifier arm and sample connectors

SVC-04

Technical assessment

An approvals package started after the design freeze.

We open the code and approval route in parallel with design, so the submission is not the critical path.

Digital calipers closed around a machined aluminium housing beside a blank inspection checklist and a sealed sample bag

SVC-05

Production follow-up & QC

A module that fits in the factory and not on site.

Pre-shipment inspection to ISO 2859-1 general level II, with dimensional checks against the approved drawing.

An export loading bay with an open container onto a pale apron and unlabelled cartons on pallets

SVC-06

Export execution

A refused container because of a packing mark.

FOB by default, FCA for inland stuffing, CFR or CIF when we sell the freight. We do not quote EXW.

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06Inputs · what to send us

What to send us.

4 inputsthen a quotation

The interior of a finished unfurnished modular room module in one-point perspective, white wall panels and one glazed end wall — Fig. I **The unit mix and the site plan** decide which modules can be built.

01Site and unit mixSite plan, unit count, unit types and the storeys you intend to stack.

02Drawings and revisionsAny architectural set you already hold, and who owns the design.

03Market and codeDestination country or state, because the approval route is set there.

04Transport and liftingPort of discharge, road limits, and the lifting capacity on site.

Timber packing and dunnage travel under ISPM 15: heat treatment at 56 °C for 30 minutes, methyl bromide for 16 hours, or dielectric heating at 60 °C for one minute. Wood under 6 mm is exempt. Modules are volumetric, so freight is priced by space and FCL is the normal mode; LCL is impractical and should not be quoted.

A technical drawing flat on a pale bench with digital calipers, a drafting triangle and sample parts — Fig. J **Approvals start with the design freeze**, not after it.

A blank unmarked form on a clipboard with a pen, abstract ruled lines and empty tick boxes — Fig. K **One page is enough to start.** The written assessment comes back first.

07Start

Send us your site and unit mix.

Tell us the market and the unit count. An engineer replies with the approval route and the programme.

Recorded. An engineer will reply.

Written technical assessment, from eric@dfshk.cn.

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