Engineered Wood for Factory Built
Offsite Construction. Onsite productivity.
Factory-built and modular manufacturers choose RedBuilt for consistent, built-to-order engineered wood — RedLam™ LVL rimboard and marriage beams, Red-I™ joists, and prefabricated wall panels, drilled dimensional lumber— engineered for precise, repeatable, high-quality assembly.
Off-Site, Prefabrication & Modular
Off-site construction
The umbrella term: planning, designing, fabricating, and assembling building elements away from the final installed location, then transporting them for fast, precise on-site assembly.
Prefabrication
Manufacturing building elements in a factory or controlled environment, then delivering them to the jobsite ready for assembly.
Modular / volumetric
A form of modular construction: three-dimensional, habitable modules built almost complete in the factory; finishes, MEP, fixtures, and furnishings included, then transported and assembled on site.
Why Factory Built
Off-site construction removes the inefficiencies of building in the weather and the mud.
By fabricating in a controlled environment, factory builders assemble faster and more accurately, in safer conditions, with less waste — and RedBuilt’s consistent, built-to-order engineered wood is what makes that repeatability possible.
Factory Built Benefits
Efficient & predictable
Controlled-environment assembly is more accurate and repeatable, improving quality and cost certainty.
Reduced schedule
Modules are built while site and foundation work proceed in parallel — cutting timelines by roughly 30–50%.
Safer working conditions
Building indoors, at bench height, statistically lowers jobsite accident risk.
Less waste & lower carbon
Factory inventory control and recycling cut material waste; wood stores carbon for the building’s life.
Weather-proof progress
With the majority of work done indoors, weather delays are largely eliminated.
Reuse & flexibility
Modules can be relocated or refurbished, extending material life.
Engineered Wood for Factory Built
The components factory builders rely on — coordinated and built to your specifications:
RedLam™ LVL / rimboard
The strong, straight, dimensionally stable perimeter of a module — the reference edge everything else is built to.
RedLam™ LVL marriage beams
The beams at the mate line where modules join, carrying loads across the module-to-module connection.
Red-I™ Joists
Flat, quiet, consistent floor and ceiling framing that resists shrinkage and crowning in stacked modules.
Drilled dimensional lumber
Plant provided services to reduce your labor and improve your quality.
How RedBuilt Supports Factory Builders
Factory builders buy repeatably — so supply reliability and design support matter as much as the product:
Design & BIM support
RedSpec sizing, a BIM/Revit library, and design collaboration (including RedBuilt’s digital-transformation work) integrate with modular design workflows.
Built to order, consistently
Low-moisture, dimensionally stable engineered wood produced to your specs, run after run.
Nationwide manufacturing & delivery
Four U.S. plants and direct-to-plant delivery keep your line supplied.
Dedicated team
Partners who understand modular assembly and support you from design through production.
Applications / Building Types
Industry forecasting points to the building types most likely to adopt prefabrication and modular — a map of where RedBuilt’s factory-built customers are building:
Factory building is inherently leaner: controlled inventory and recycling reduces material waste, factory assembly reduces site disturbance, and modules can be relocated or refurbished for reuse.
Because these are wood components, they store carbon for the life of the building and carry lower embodied carbon than steel or concrete — documentable via EPDs and FSC/SFI-certified sourcing.
Resources and Downloads
Everything a factory builder’s design and design team needs.
National Presence
RedBuilt supplies factory builders nationwide from four U.S. plants, with dedicated team — supporting consistent production wherever your line is:
- Manufacturing plants: Chino, CA; Delaware, OH; Hillsboro, OR; Stayton, OR.
- Design centers: Boise, ID; Chino, CA; Delaware, OH; Hillsboro, OR.