S2A Modular, which makes homes and commercial units that generate and store their own electricity, plans to build its first Florida “mega-factory” in Macclenny.
The factory, to be built on 51 acres in the Enterprise East Industrial Park, will include 13 buildings, totaling more than 240,000 square feet, and will produce 2,000 modules a year. Modules equate to rooms required to build a home, hotel or commercial building. About 250 employees will work there, with 80% to 90% being general laborers who will be trained on-site.
“We’re pretty jazzed,” says CEO Brian Kuzdas. “We’ll be building homes out of the plant by second quarter of 2022.”
Climate and time of day won’t interfere with production since the modules will be built indoors. Once the units are completed, they will be shipped to builders, who’ll place them on a foundation. The structures meet the same standards and codes, and have the same materials and design elements, as homes built conventionally. The company plans to build three to four more factories throughout the state.
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