Dive Brief:
- JE Dunn, a general contractor headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, has launched Form Off-Site Solutions, an offsite manufacturing firm that specializes in complex construction components, according to an April 3 announcement.
- With this new arm, the company will target services across the construction value chain that include total project delivery services, product planning, design, engineering, manufacturing, shipping and logistics.
- Form Off-Site will focus on four component groups, per the news release: metal assemblies, wood assemblies, building skin assemblies and multi-trade assemblies. The company will specialize in the Design for Manufacturing process, an approach where products are designed and built with the manufacturing end use in mind.
Dive Insight:
JE Dunn joins several other contractors and equipment firms in its push to add offsite construction practices to its portfolio. In January 2025, Appleton, Wisconsin-based contractor Boldt established its offshoot, Bildt, to provide modular construction services to its clients.
Further, New York City-based Turner Construction established xPL Offsite last May, which offers Turner’s experience with offsite manufacturing and modular construction to its clients.
That groundswell also comes as builders, such as St. Louis-based McCarthy, use prefabricated components across job segments. Those components played a significant role in McCarthy’s construction of the Plaza West Tower at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Form Off-Site Solutions’ controlled approach will help improve installation efficiency, enhance project safety and quality, alleviate labor shortages, accelerate schedules and maximize cost certainty, according to JE Dunn.
Nick Effenheim, national offsite manufacturing director at Form Off-Site Solutions, will helm the unit. JE Dunn has focused on offsite manufacturing since 2021, per the announcement.
Effenheim told Construction Dive via email that, by operating as an endorsed brand, Form Off-Site Solutions can use JE Dunn’s knowledge across facets of construction.
“We have been testing these off-site manufacturing capabilities for five dedicated years now and seen them provide great solutions for our clients,” Effenheim said. “Now, we have both the technology and the know-how to bring innovative safety, schedule certainty, and problem-solving solutions to projects nationwide.”
