UNT falls for mod buildings temporarily

DENTON – Ramtech Modular Buildings is constructing three modular buildings, totaling 37,778 sf, for $3.5 million at the University of North Texas.

One of the buildings will be for the College of Visual Arts and Design, one for counseling and higher education and a third for the dance and theater department. The buildings will provide additional classroom space, lab teaching space and faculty and staff offices.

Segments of the buildings are constructed at the manufacturer’s headquarters in Mansfield and are made with the same materials as a permanent structure, said Steve Sickman, Ramtech’s director of marketing.

The project is approaching the final portion of the installation phase — one site where the College of Visual Arts and Design and counseling and higher education buildings are located is completed, and the third building is 50 percent complete.

The buildings will be used from fall 2013 until the fall of 2015 when the University Union project is completed.