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A
C
Let
me
give
a
quick
overview
and
then
so
Ashok
I
think
we
talked
previously
that
what
Martin
is
doing
is
a
very
unique
offering
and
the
residential
Marketplace.
Actually
you
know
in
construction
in
general.
These
are
these
are
homes
that
are
kind
of
built
in
a
I
think
use
the
term
a
swarm
environment
where
different
people
descend
upon
the
construction
site
using
I
guess
marching
in
many
ways
these
are.
These
are
pretty
well.
Let
me
back
up
Marshall.
C
Why
don't
you
describe
what
you
do
because
you'll
describe
it
better
than
me
and
then
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
find
a
way
to
look
at
this
through
the
lens
of
what
HUD
is
doing
with
manufactured
housing
to
see,
if
there's
some
connection
that
you
can
make
in
your
mind
between
the
work
that
Martin
is
doing
and
the
way
that
with
HUD
manufactured
housing,
when
it
is
delivered
to
someone's
property,
it
can
go
through
its
kind
of
preempts,
the
local
codes,
because
it
it's
connected
to
the
federal
requirements.
If
that
makes
sense,.
B
C
A
C
A
D
A
B
A
A
D
D
D
D
D
C
D
A
A
A
A
D
For
example,
go
to
a
new
place,
we've
got
code
officials,
we
have
to
work
on
our
schedules
in
a
lot
of
places.
It's
not
going
to
be
possible
to
do
it
in
five
days
because,
like
for
example,
Kansas
City,
it's
going
to
take
on
average
two
days
for
the
inspector
to
show
up
and
there's
five
inspections.
That's.
A
B
I
see
your
issue
and
I
think
it
is
a
tougher
problem
than
I
thought.
It
can
be
resolved
by
looking
at
your
models.
The
the
way
the
U.S
government
or
American
regulatory
system
is
set
up.
The
housing
and
the
buildings
are
by
and
large,
controlled
by
the
local
jurisdictions
and
they
may
adopt
one
code,
but
they
have
modifications
just
like
Chris.
You
know
what
happens.
You
cannot
take
a
home
approved
in
city
of
Central
and
take
it
to
Baton,
Rouge
and
say
character,
city
of
central
approved.
Therefore,
why?
Don't
you
accept
that
yeah?
D
B
Is
the
problem
of
the
laws
and
problems
the
way
over
Constitution
is
set
up.
The
connection
with
the
modular
mobile
home,
primarily
manufactured
home
is
a
very
fundamental
difference
that
you
have
the
only
way
you
get
this
preemptive
approval
Across.
The
Nation
is
by
insisting
that
these
homes
are
basically
transportable
that
you
can
take
them
from
point
A
to
point
B.
B
But
does
or
or
can
happen,
as
you
have
already
pointed
out
that
if
there
are
number
of
such
homes
approved
by
various
jurisdictions,
then
using
that
example
from
jurisdiction
to
jurisdiction,
it
may
be
easier.
I
think
it
is
more
a
question
to
you
that
if
somebody
came
in
and
walked
into
city
of
Central-
and
he
said
well,
look
all
the
adjoining
Counties
have
approved
that.
B
Would
you
kindly
approve
it,
then
you
will
still
go
through
your
due
diligence
and
might
take
the
comments
made
in
a
positive
way
and
say:
I
I
am
allowed
to
do
that,
but
should
I
or
should
I
not
take
this
rest.
It's
a
new
way
of
building
things
over
people
are
not
inspecting
as
it
is
being
built,
and
in
that
sense,
what
do
we
do
now?
There
is
a
method
which
is
which
is
a
little
bit
tricky.
B
B
B
This
one
will
not
meet
that
because
it
does
not
have
that
type
of
a
flow.
It
has
a
a
regular
flabberg
and
the
modules
come
in
with
the
different
sections
of
the
walls
built
in
there
with
wiring
properly
already
installed,
and
they
click
in
plumbing
is
probably
installed
and
it
clicks
in
kitchen.
Module
may
be
a
little
different
kind,
so
you
can
put
20
people
for
five
days
and
complete
this
unit
without
having
to
go
through
inspections
process,
and
things
like
that.
B
B
It
comes
built
on
a
24
and
put
on
a
flat
bag
and
is
throttle
site
where
the
people
put
before
the
foundation
and
this
kind
of
a
unit
can
come
in
and
is
lifted
from
the
from
the
flatbed
kind
of
comes
in
two
three
different
four
different
kind
of
units
and
and
put
together
and
are
screwed
together
now.
Under
those
cases,
the
local
jurisdictions
can
be
prevented
as
long
as
it
gets
a
state
level
that
it
is
a
modular
program
and
then
has
to
meet
with
that
State
requirements.
B
B
B
B
Inspection
so
they're
they're,
a
part
of
what
he's
looking
for
might
be
achievable,
but
it
I
still
did
not
get
a
clear
idea.
How
big
the
modules
are.
Are
these
panels
or
walls
which
are
four
feet
by
nine
feet
or
whatever,
and
you
you
put
them
together
or
whatever
and
can
eat
such
modules
be
independently
approved
as
as
a
as
a
module
and
that
that
comes
in
it
is
a
tougher
problem,
not
from
the
technical
point
of
view.
It's
a
problem
from
the
legalistic
and.
D
C
B
C
Inspection-
and
we
talked
about
that-
we
talked
about
that
option.
The
challenge
will
be
that
there
are
still
some
local
requirement
for
plumbing
for
electrical
for
their
connections,
even
though
the
it
may
meet
the
building
code,
and
we
and
I
was
wondering
as
we're
going
through
the
discussion.
It
sounds
like
there
are
two
Alternatives
one
would
be
if
these
could
somehow
be
put
onto
a
chassis,
yeah
and
delivered.
So
that
would
be
the
first
question.
A
A
B
I
tell
you
why
the
problem
is.
The
problem
is
going
to
come
because
the
floor
is
the
concrete
floor.
You
can
put
a
chassis
only
on
walls
and
things
like
that.
You
could
even
brace
them
that
they
do
not
collapse.
So
this
particular
unit
will
not
have
a
flow
flow
percent.
It
will
be
a
box
without
the
bottom
and
you
can
say
well.
I
can
transport
that
that
unit
itself,
the
boxes
of
the
bottom
will
not
qualify.
The
definition
of
the
home.
B
A
B
Think
that
is
the
difficulty
and
and
if
somebody
was
to
let's
say,
buy
that
home
and
say
I
want
to
move
it
across
the
straight
line.
Then
the
there
is
actually
in
theory,
you
could
take
all
the
floors
out,
but
once
it
is
fabricated,
then
it
will
be
very
hard
to
say
that
it
gets
transportable
as
a
home.
It
is
dismantable,
but
not
transportable
as
a
home.
B
The
the
problem
with
that
one
is
this
is
how
the
industry
got
the
Congress
to
pass
the
preemptive
laws
where
it's
that
it
is
more
akin
to
an
automobile
than
to
a
home
like
a
RV
type
or
or
things
of
action.
This
one
does
not
fit
that
definition
yeah.
Well,
even
though
you've
been
transport
it
you
can
actually
transport,
even
a
single
family
home.
B
If
you
spend
enough
money
on
it
and
they
have
done
that
some
historical
building,
but
that
is
not
how
it
is
a
mass
production
type
of
a
home
and
the
cost
will
become
expensive
to
prove
it
that
it
it
can
be
done
and
those
things
have
to
be
left
with
the
homeowner.
So
if
they
were
to
sell
it
or
move
it,
they
could.
A
B
B
Copy
of
the
dwelling
you
make
the
enclosure,
which
is
either
four
by
a
nine
panels
or
eight
by
nine
panels,
and
then
you
bring
in
a
roof
also,
which
is
a
a
flat
type
of
a
roof
in
various
panels
and
put
it
on
top
of
those
enclosing
walls.
That
is
what
I
saw
and
that
that
is
through
that
you
could.
But
if
you
were
to
transport
this
unit
as
a
home
forward,
the
transport.
A
D
A
B
B
B
D
B
But
across
the
country
the
only
way
to
do
that
is
to
make
it
the
old
terminology
mobile
home,
which
they
these
days,
call
them
as
an
infection.
So
it
moves
as
a
unit.
It
is
a
home
and
it
cannot
be
substantially
built
at
this
site,
because
the
factory
quality
control
program
and
the
factory
oversight
program
is
not
a
available
on
site
testing.
B
That
is
then
permanently
installed
there
and
under
those
type
of
units,
it
may
be
possible
to
call
those,
but
you
have
actually
components
with
trained
people
from
your
factory
or
people
trained
by
you,
20
people
coming
here
for
five
days.
They
have
a
rhythm
and
a
pattern
to
it,
so
they
can
finish
it
all
straight
and
on
the
end
of
the
fifth
day,
they
have
the
keys
ready
for
somebody
to
walk
in
I.
B
Think
it's
a
it's
an
idea,
which
is
definitely
innovative
and
the
biggest
challenge
I
think
is
Grace
for
you
to
challenge
yourself
will
city
of
central
accepted
and
why
not,
and
the
issues
are
going
to
come
up.
People
are
going
to
say:
oh
my
God.
What
happened
here
do
I
think
there
is
called,
do
not
take
the
risk
and
things
of
that
kind.
They
will
want
to
have
some
protection
other
than
your
people
in
that
building
code.
Department,
saying
I
accept
it.
C
Well,
it
seems
like
if
we
worked
it
backward
Zone.
We
said
okay,
what
constitutes
a
manufactured
home
and
then
had
Martin
kind
of
work
in
that
direction,
figuring
out
what
his
Woody
or
module
what
he
has.
What
was
he's
proposing?
How
could
that?
How
could
his
operation
be
modified
to
match
what
would
be
considered
a
manufactured
home
that
you
could
have
it
manufactured
in
one
location?
You
know
what
we
do
is
you
know
we
go
to
the
plants.
C
We
do
the
QA
QC
to
make
sure
that
it
meets
the
federal
requirements
for
a
manufactured
housing
and
the
construction
process
that
the
plant
is
consistent,
rigorous
with
the
requirements,
and
it
seems
like.
Maybe
that
might
be
one
approach.
Obviously,
what
what
we're
seeing
right
now
isn't
going
to
fit
yeah
it's
neither
fish
nor
foul.
It
will
not
be
either
that
manufactured
housing,
nor
would
it
be
considered
modular,
but
it
seemed
like
we
could
take
a
piece
of
one
or
the
other
and
then
fit
into
what
you're
doing
reverse
engineering
wise.
B
Okay,
I
I
am
on
home
and
I'll
be
with
you
shortly.
The
the
issue
with
that
one
is
going
to
be
that
as
an
organization
we
have
in
monitoring
contract
for
all
the
parties
which
provide
design
review
as
well
as
inspection
services
at
the
factories
for
manufactured
home,
not
modular
modular
weaker.
But
there
are
other
organizations
which
do
modular
and
mobile
they.
They
are
probably
a
better
fit,
but
we
could
help
in
the
design
and
the
concepts
if
they
were
to
ever
come.
B
C
Think
that
topic
would
be
the
path
of
least
resistance.
Do
you
think
the
path
of
least
reference
would
be
to
go
the
modular
route
and
then
to
work
it
backwards
from
that
point,
instead
of
trying
to
consider
it
as
a
is
as
you're
you're
saying
that
you're
true,
it's
true
that
the
Manufacturing
Housing
Industry
has
corporate
players
and
there
could
be
a
lot
of
pushback
or
potential
pushback
against
what
March
is
trying
to
do
versus
modular
housing,
which
I
think
is
more
open
source.
B
Even
though
in
bad
computers
also,
there
are
a
lot
of
Corporations,
it's
not
the
corporations,
which
is
really
the
problem.
It
will
be
creating
the
infrastructure-
and
it
says,
to
support
attracting
Factory
is
a
very
expensive
thing.
What
they
really
build
are
not
houses,
they
make
panels
and
and
small
modules,
with
probably
a
home,
can
fit
into
one
truck
and
and
and
or
two
trucks
and
go
there
and
are
probably
Mark.
This
is
the
lab
panel.
B
This
is
the
right
panel
and
you
built
it
in
there's
the
door
which
comes
in,
and
there
are
highly
insulated
and
and
the
High
Energy
Efficiency
type
of
structures
that
I
could
see
by
by
his
presentation
and
also
the
cost
saving
in
in
another
video.
That
is
all
very
attracted,
accept
its
legalistic
acceptance
thought
that's
the
one
which
is
going
to
have
a
problem
and
the
way
to
challenge
that
one
will
be.
If
I
was.
B
We
were
not
discussing
this
meeting
and
you
were
sitting
in
I
was
to
talk
to
Matt
in
city
of
Central
and
say:
I
want
to
get
it
done.
What
will
be
Max
reaction
and
his
reaction
is
going
to
come
from
two
sources.
One
is
not
knowing
the
various
possibilities,
that
is
the
modular
home,
for
which
we
might
be
able
to
help
him
as
to
how
to
approach
that
thing
and
how
to
get
it
declared
a
modular
product
more
widely
acceptable,
acceptable
with
any
state,
but
rather
than
a
nationwide.
B
C
Can
talk
to
Paul
I
think
talking
to
Paul?
We
can
we
can
go
the
the
modular
home
route
and
then
we've
talked
to
Martin
previously
that
we
may
have
to
look
on
a
state-by-state
basis,
or
maybe
certain
states
that
are
more
likely
candidates
than
others
just
based
upon
their
acceptance
of
quote,
unquote
modular
home
and
that
would
I
guess
that
would
be
the
other
piece
of
the
stratoschoke.
B
Right
and
and
I
think
if
you
are
good
to
talk
to
Paul,
get
get
that
video
and
sketch
at
least
and
show
it
to
him.
If
you
can
get
that
with
what
he
had
and
see,
if
you
can
talk
to
Paul
and
once
you
and
Paul
have
have
talked
I
can
I
can
Venture
into
it
and
try
to
see
if
there
is
a
creative
way
we
have
actually
allowed.
B
B
The
large
number
B
is
effective.
However,
if
the
chassis
there,
the
things
are
there
and
many
a
times
the
the
inspection
agencies
they
they
want
a
special
quality
control
for
that
there
are
ways
to
do
that,
but
manufactured
home
approach
is
not
ready
for
the
kind
of
product
which
is
making,
which
is
a
high
energy
efficient,
probably
a
well-built,
maybe
not
as
competitive
in
cost
as
the
manufactured
home
industry.
A
B
I
I
don't
believe
that
it
is
going
to
be
a
million
bucks
on
that
that
type
of
a
thing
it
is
each
unit
once
it
is
in
the
in
the
mobile
Arena
once
that
home
package
is
approved,
then
it
gets
a
mobile
home
approval
and
that's
good
all
over
and
I
think
that
itself
cost
is
not
very
hard.
It
will
be
in
a
few
thousand
dollars
rather
than
a
million
dollars,
but
the
problem
is
not
the
engineering.
The
problem
is
the
legality.
B
It
has
to
be
shown
as
multiple
times
transportable.
You
almost
have
to
change
your
mindset
that
it
is
a
transportable
home
like
a
a
driver,
trailer
or
things
of
that
kind
of
accept
that
in
this
case
you
can
actually
take
the
of
the
years
up
and
let
the
chassis
be
there,
because
chassis
becomes
part
of
integral
part
of
the
floor.
It
allows
you
to
get
a
bigger
span
of
the
the
choice
with
only
two
by
sixes,
rather
than
two
by
eight
or
two
by
tens.
B
So
chassis
becomes
a
structural
element,
but
then
the
gas
is
voted
by
peers
or
pillars,
or
things
like
that.
Engineering
is
not
a
problem,
I
think
it
is
the
legality
which
is
going
to
be
about
meaning
what
engineering
there
can
be
number
of
people,
including
over
office,
which
might
be
able
to
wrap.
C
Yeah
but
I
think
we
we
should
probably
explore,
is
the
modular
piece
of
it
and
then
see
how,
like
we
said,
we
know
kind
of
work
it
backwards.
Okay,
so
what
is
required
to
say?
Okay,
this
is
modular
and
then
compared
to
what
you
wanted
to
do
to
see
what
kind
of
modifications
be
required
to
and
and
then
as
Ashok
has
mentioned,
then
we
need
to
get
to
the
state
level
and
figure
out.
C
This
is
not,
you
know
unique,
but
what
the
way
that
you're
doing
it
is
unique
in
the
way
that
you're
doing
it
with
a
individual
teams,
and
just
maybe
there
may
be
some
requirements
on
the
front
end
during
the
instruction
phase
of
the
plant
that
would
be
would
have
to
be
met
and
and
help
you
through
that
part
of
it
I
believe.
Okay,.
B
B
B
Long
and
things
of
that
time,
the
majority
of
them
or
quite
a
large
number
of
them
are
two
section
homes
which
are
then
make
it
a
20
28
to
32
foot
wide
and
in
terms
of
its
length,
can
be
40
50
60.,
so
they
can
make
a
mobile
homes
which
are
close
to
1800,
2
000
square
foot,
and
there
are
triple
wide
sections.
Also
people
have
become
very
creative.
Let
me
try
to
show
you
a
pictures
of
some
of
those
phones.
B
I
do
not
know
if
this
one
will
capture
that
or
you
can
see
some
of
them,
but
these
are
currently
what
are
mobile
homes
and-
and
if
you
look
at
them,
they
don't
look
like
that
yeah,
but
what
your
definition
is.
So
it
is
the
size
and
efficiency.
These
are
minimum
standards
which
had
has
set
up.
If
somebody
actually
makes
high
energy
homes,
it
is
then
marketing
from
that
point
onward,
rather
than
legality.
The
legality
is
transportability
of
the
unit
as
a
gene.
That
is
not
as
easy
as
it
may
look.