
6:22 PM
At a recent meeting of the VRCA Trade Contractors Division Board one of our members raised an interesting issue. He had become aware of a new product being imported into Canada which will challenge the usual mindset of contractors. The product was a fully, self-contained bathroom module that can be pre-ordered to demanding specifications, shipped anywhere you want and simply “plugged in” to a high rise complex. These units come fully outfitted with toilets, sinks, showers, grab bars, tiles, ceilings and floors. The role of the mechanical contractor will be to simply hook up the outlets.
In my opinion, this is the next logical step that needs to occur in construction, for several reasons.
First of all, notwithstanding the current dow...