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The Oracle of Omaha is making a contrarian bet on modular construction.
MiTek, a Missouri construction company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is launching a new modular building venture, the Wall Street Journal reported. The startup will partner with New York City-based firm Danny Forster & Architecture on the venture.
The goal is to build rooms for hotels and apartment buildings in factories before sending them off to a construction site to be stacked. MiTek plans to invest tens of millions of dollars into the initiative and hopes to start working on its first projects at the beginning of next year.
This isn’t the first time someone has tried to disrupt the prefab building business. Katerra, a Silicon Valley startup with SoftBank’s backing, has been seeking to move more of its construction work to factories to reduce middlemen. The company’s projects, however, have suffered from delays and cost overruns.
