of completion. Established in 1986, the UBS Manufacturing system encompasses the

manufacture of housing units and components utilizing cold-rolled steel in a high-volume

manufacturing and production process that reduces construction costs, ensures greater precision,

and stronger buildings.

The earlier 20th century witnessed the establishment and proliferation of plant-based home

construction as the construction method for fulfilling the mass housing needs for the populace.

However, the segmentation of the in-plant homebuilding process contributed greatly to the

modern conventional construction paradigm, which created fissures that catalyzed the greatest

housing crisis since the Great Depression.

UBS Manufacturing has developed its Housing Industrial Complex program to address the

highest LEED standards, while its process leads to greater precision, stronger buildings, and

dramatically lower construction costs (+20%), echoing the arrival of better buildings through a

better building process.

The UBS Manufacturing team leads the industry with over 80 years of combined experience in

plant-based construction and the first to build a plant for conventional, residential housing in the

State of California, with award-winning experience in both framed and concrete plant-built

projects in the U.S., Malaysia, and China. Team members possess over twenty design awards,

with work published nationally and internationally.

HISTORY OF THE UNITEC BUILDING SYSTEM

Unitec Development was established on May 17, 1986 and was the original holder of a license to

through discussions with the American Iron and Steel Institute, organized labor, contractors, and

experts in the industry, including Don O. Carlson, publisher of Automated Builder Magazine, a

leading trade magazine for the construction industry, and company advisor.

DESCRIPTION OF THE UNITEC BUILDING SYSTEM

The Unitec building system consists of the manufacture of housing units and components

utilizing cold-rolled steel in a high-volume manufacturing and production process, with existing

manufacturing techniques common to the industrial setting. Emphasis is placed on the integration

of volume processing and high-tech automation. Taking advantage of the latest technologies and

building machinery enables UBS Manufacturing to develop higher quality products than currently

available, promoting faster turn-key production, greater design flexibility, reduced construction

The early twentieth century witnessed the emergence of plant-built housing as the solution to

meet the growing need for affordably priced, well designed homes with high market appeal.

Taking advantage of the cost savings of volume production and cohesive delivery and fulfillment

systems, plant-based home builders, led by Sears, Roebuck & Co.(Sears) and Aladdin Homes of

Bay City, Michigan, sold hundreds of thousands of custom and pre-packaged units, from the

elaborate multistory homes, with elegant French doors and art glass windows, to simpler units,

such as quaint, three-room and no-bath cottages for summer vacationers. In addition, these firms

became leaders in the proliferation of new housing technologies and construction techniques,

from weather resistant exterior materials, load bearing "sandwich" panels, drywall and other

composition products for interior applications to individual plumbing and heating systems.

viability of the entire U.S. housing system. One result of segmentation was increased building

costs that led to the market's subsequent disconnection of median home prices from median

incomes. This disconnection fostered the creation and use of non-traditional home-financing

instruments to recalibrate median home prices with incomes and thus cover, but not address, the

fissure caused by segmentation.

Recently, these particular phenomena culminated in the greatest U.S. housing crisis since the

country's Great Depression. Yet, as markets continue to retract, the basic conundrum persists,

namely median-income wage earners, eager to purchase homes, deterred from achieving the

American Dream despite the oversupply of new units that remain prohibitively out of reach as a

core result of the excessive building costs caused by segmentation.

green residential units and neighborhood commercial products through its patented building

process.

ADVANTAGES OF PLANT-BUILT HOUSING (INDUSTRIALIZATION)

purchase price for customers. Not only did precut and fitted materials shrink construction time up

to 40% but implementation of new innovations, such as the use of "balloon style" framing,

drywall, and asphalt shingles greatly eased construction and reduced risks.

Now the ability to automate these key processes through sustainable, green industrialization has

advanced the ability to deliver premium quality residential solutions to the point of affordability

for working-income populations, while enabling healthy returns for primary and ancillary

businesses -- all within a labor-friendly environment.

innovation and intellectual cross-pollination as catalysts for stimulating premium quality,

output, and growth for the benefit of consumers and the local and regional economy.

• EFFICIENT: HICs are efficient models designed as one-stop solutions for residential

development.

• FLEXIBLE: HICs are flexible models adaptable to local and regional needs relative to

size and vibrancy.

• CUSTOMIZABLE: HICs are organic models whose end-products and unit designs

reflect the characteristics of the region where the HIC is located.

• INSULATED: HICs are insulated from global competition as a result of permanent

housing’s core characteristics and requirements, while remaining able to take advantage

of global innovations for adaptation into local production.

CBA, UBS Manufacturing established a five-year, wage progression schedule,

designed to fix labor costs and thereby improve production cost forecasting and

replicated domestically and in many off-shore locations. In addition, the region provides

• Increased cargo revenue from new product imports.