The Baltimore Modular Initiative
BMOD was co-founded in 2024 by the Maryland Center for Construction Education and Innovation (MCCEI) and Vertical Architecture Enterprises, LLC (vAE). Our core team has now expanded to include representatives from Morgan State University (MSU). We are dedicated to accelerating industrialized offsite construction in Baltimore and Maryland to deliver affordable housing at scale. Combining MCCEl's deep connections to Maryland's architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) sector; vAE's decades long experience in the programming, design, coordination and management of large-scale projects; the research capacity of MSU; and the expertise from our advisors at MOD X, we strive to foster an ecosystem for informed dialogue on the challenges and opportunities for offsite industrialized construction. This ecosystem continues to expand and deepen as our conversations have grown to include various state and city representatives and community development organizations.
MCCEI is a Baltimore-based, non-profit 501(c)3 corporation dedicated to advancing the construction industry in Maryland while expanding its workforce through innovative programs that create career pathways in the construction fields. vAE is a certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE), full-service architecture practice based in Baltimore, known for its expertise in delivering complex, large-scale renovation and new construction projects for major institutions. vAE brings this large-project approach to the question of how to address housing challenges at scale.
Strategic Plan
Mission
Baltimore Modular serves to address our city’s challenges through both the products it delivers as well as the process by which those products are made. The process is the product. We are a catalyst and hub for 21st century learning, collaboration, and building.
Statement
Envisioned
Baltimore has rebuilt Baltimore. We have unvacated the vacancies. Our citizens and neighborhoods are thriving. Baltimore is a global hub for offsite construction, planning, design, fabrication, and workforce development.
Future
Core
To create a local learning ecosystem that nourishes housing, workforce, and industrial development in Baltimore.
Purpose
Our
Impact. Learning. Endurability. Synergy.
Values
Our Goals
Prosperous
Baltimore’s citizens are thriving. They are engaged in meaningful pursuits, integral to our advanced construction ecosystem. They have choices in how and where they live in our city.
Citizens
Healthy
The vacants have been unvacated. Baltimore is composed of healthy, green, walkable, economically and socially diverse neighborhoods.
Neighborhoods
Transformative
Baltimore’s construction industry is a model both nationally and globally for industrial transformation. It is a safer, more inclusive and productive place to work for all.
Industry
Impactful
BMod functions as an interdisciplinary collaborative network where partnerships with government, nonprofits, for-profit, and educational entities tackle -from multiple angles - the challenges of our city and beyond. We also build stuff.