Cultivating the Ecosystem: Systems-Building Activities
BMOD serves to cultivate our regional industrialized construction ecosystem through six distinct but overlapping activities that build systems-based solutions. Each activity is aimed at a cluster of challenges that must be addressed for Industrialized Housing Delivery (IHD) to scale in the Baltimore region, and each has outcomes we can measure. BMOD works through its Board, its research collaborators and its public workshops.
01 Impact
Convene, educate, and assist with policy in order to build a shared regional vision and goals for IHD with agencies, community groups and housing advocates. Outcomes: a collaboration framework, a homeowner stabilization plan and a pilot plan for State recognition of the future NIBS–MOD X certification. Explore Impact.
02 Design
Refine, with architecture and manufacturing partners, a product platform of interchangeable modules for scalable new infill, retrofit, and homeowner stabilization. Outcomes: pilot-ready standard unit configurations, new and retrofit, based on a product platform. Explore Design.
03 Make
Make Baltimore a city of makers: attract manufacturers with a predictable demand pipeline and less friction in starting a for-profit microfactory here, and cultivate the regional fabricators who supply them. Outcomes: a microfactory feasibility plan and a connected network of regional manufacturers and fabricators. Explore Make.
04 Develop
Advance frameworks for modular teams, including predevelopment tools; pooled owner groups for collective, large-scale orders; and streamlined existing-conditions processes. Outcomes: friction-reducing tools for emerging developers, and aggregated orders that give owners the advantages of scale. Explore Develop.
05 Work
Connect training organizations with the IHD ecosystem, so training matches the 21st-century skills needed. Outcomes: training partnerships, informed by manufacturers and Morgan State, that match the work. Explore Work.
06 Augment
In development. Researching, with partners, how AI agents could support the other five activities with parcel, finance, permitting and manufacturer data, then piloting them and putting them in service. Outcomes: tested pilot agents and a shared public and manufacturer knowledge base. Explore Augment.
Supporting Each Project: Systems-Based Services
While our six core activities build systems-based solutions at the scale of a regional ecosystem, our six core services apply systems-based solutions to individual projects. BMOD serves as System Integrator to community organizations, developers and homeowner stabilization programs. Owners contract with architects, manufacturers and builders.
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