Modular Home Line Planning
Line planning is where a stack of floor plans becomes a buildable order. OldcastleFRD helps us translate your drawings into a module count, a seam map and a haul sequence before any steel is cut. We confirm door and window sides, entry approach, roof plane split and how the two halves of a split house seat together on their shared sill. The plan sets bay numbers, shop start marks and the target pad date, then hands that whole bundle to the factory schedulers. Builders gain a single source of truth that removes guesswork between the design desk and the assembly floor. Every wall, chase, chase vent and plumbing stack is accounted for so a later change never ripples into a missed set date.
Factory Jig and Bay Scheduling
We schedule the steel jigs so each module is framed flat, sheathed, wired and sealed in a shop that never fights a muddy site. Framing bay one feeds a panel bay, which feeds a finishing bay, and each crew signs the board when its stage closes. The scheduler watches cycle times the way a line supervisor watches a conveyor: if a bay holds, the following modules slide one slot down and the pad date moves with them. We book the jig windows weeks ahead and publish a live chalk board so owners and the crane crew always read the same numbers. This keeps carpentry square, schedules honest and the final walk free of the fire-alarm finish that plagues rushed stick builds.
Transport and Permit Routing
A permitted haul is its own small project. We evaluate clearances along mountain-grade routes, confirm bridge and utility-line crossings, and file the over-dimension permits with the counties on the way to your pad. Escort vehicles ride with permit flags and a driver familiar with every pinch point between the Ogden hall and the concrete pad. The route sheet names the parking lane, the turn radius and the weather floor for the day of the move. When the haul window opens, the module rolls at dawn with a scheduled lane instead of a hope, which is why our deliveries keep arriving inside the permitted window and the crane waiting time stays near zero.
Foundation and Crane Day Coordination
Crane day is the hinge of the whole build. We confirm the pad meets its cure spec, the rebar and anchor bolts are placed, and the utility stubs are marked before the rig arrives. The site is leveled so the mobile crane can sit on firm ground and reach across the set with the module swinging true. Together with the crane operator we set reference lines and a mark for the hook to target, then watch the module descend square onto its stubs. Coordinating the concrete subcontractor, the rigger, the crane and the haul escort into one morning is the difference between a slick set and a whole day burned. We aim to have the module seated, leveled and anchored before lunch so the afternoon belongs to tie-in.
Utility Connection Planning
A modular home is only complete when water, power, sewer, and gas all land on the module. We draw the connection map in advance so the tie-in crew opens a trench where the pad contractor left it ready, and every utility stub is coded so no one mistakes the sewer riser for a gas line. Electricians confirm the panel load and the meter, plumbers verify slope and venting, and the gas fitter sets the pad tank or street feed. We also plan the data and low-voltage lines for a wired home office or a shop bay. Because the map is made before the set, the tie-in crew works a single coordinated day and the home is live for the county inspector rather than darkened and waiting.
Post-Set Finish and Inspection Systems
After the hook releases, the finish system takes over. We button the roof valley, seal the marriage line between module halves, and dress the exterior seams so the hull reads as one clean building. Inside, our crew closes the seam tape, aligns the drywall line between sections, and runs electrical continuity so every outlet and switch behaves the same as in the shop. We then schedule the building department inspection and walk the county officer through the set, keeping a punch list that logs every item to closure. The result is a family that receives a sealed, level, inspected dwelling and a paper trail that proves the whole line. That closeout is what keeps a modular build a true handover rather than a handshake.
Footprint, seam map, module order set.
Module framed and finished flat on jigs.
Permit filed; module rolls under escort.
Crane seats module; anchors torqued.
Utilities live; inspection signed; keys handed.
A typical first-floor and second module set runs about seven weeks from chalk to keys