As the shortage for construction labor continues, builders aren’t waiting for the next generation of carpenters to come up to speed. They’re turning to other ways to get the job done. BMC’s Ready Frame, which builds on the idea of precut studs with precut everything else, is one one that’s gaining ground. Entekra’s homebuilding model may be another.
Last week, veteran carpenter Patrick Johnson teamed up with two other construction laborers of varying experience, Barry McKenna and Benny White, and, in three days, they erected a fully-framed, 3,200 sq. ft. house enclosure in Stonefield Home’s Mission Village in Los Banos, about 80 miles east of San Jose, in California’s Eastern Valley.