U.S. Navy Opts For Concrete Modular Housing on Bahamas Outpost

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U.S. Navy Opts For Concrete Modular Housing on Bahamas Outpost

Even as mainstream builders and architects investigate the potentials of modular housing, the U.S. Department of Defense seems convinced of modular’s advantages.

West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Royal Concrete Concepts announced last month that the U.S. Navy is phasing out its 30-year-old wooden housing trailers on Andros Island in the Bahamas and replacing them with the company’s modular concrete housing units instead, according to company vice president John W. Albert III.

The modular concrete houses are not new to the Navy, which had previously used a few of the company’s concrete units on Andros, where the Navy/Coast Guard conducts underwater warfare training. But with wooden housing’s vulnerability to hurricanes and with the constant maintenance and repairs required due to the harsh coastal conditions, the Navy decided that all the old units would be phased out.

Albert says Royal soon will be shipping 28-foot-by-48-foot officers’ quarters, including two-bedroom 990-square-foot units and three-bedroom units measuring 1,200 square feet. Several more units will follow this year.

Royal ships the homes prefabricated with concrete walls, roof, and flooring and in 14-foot sections. “They are usually about 95% completed,” Albert explains, adding that the kitchens, cabinets, and drywall are done in the factory. “The flooring is installed on-site, and even the sidewalks are precast.”

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