This Is Quietly Reshaping How We Build Homes - Dwayne Torrey

<p>The housing crisis is real. So why isn&#39;t modular construction fixing it?</p><p><br></p><p>Dwayne Torrey is the Director of Construction and Infrastructure at CSA Group — the organization that writes the standards every builder, regulator, and manufacturer in Canada has to follow. He&#39;s been working at the intersection of modular construction and policy for seven years, and his answer might surprise you: the technology isn&#39;t the problem. The rulebook is.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode we get into how consensus standards actually get written, who&#39;s fighting in the room when they do, and why a 1972 document about school portables is still shaping how Canada builds homes today.</p><p><br></p><p>🔗 CSA Group: <a href="https://www.csagroup.org/">https://www.csagroup.org/</a></p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>0:00 Intro1:20 What is CSA Group?3:45 Standards vs. regulation — what&#39;s the difference?6:30 Who sits in the room when the rules get written10:00 The modular construction problem nobody talks about14:15 CSA A277 — the standard that&#39;s been around since 197218:00 What the new structural design standard actually covers22:30 Certification — what it means and why it matters27:00 Why building officials are nervous about modular31:00 The education gap — who needs to learn what35:30 &quot;Inflection point&quot; — what this moment means for housing</p><p><br></p><p>#modular #housingcrisis #construction</p><p></p>