Manufactured home will offer temporary housing for PiKAs (Murray State)

[TSteven]

Manufactured home will offer temporary housing for PiKAs
By KRISTIN TAYLOR
Staff Writer

While Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity members are deciding whether to rebuild their fire-destroyed house, they will use a manufactured home as a meeting place.

Three Pi Kappa Alpha alumni requested the temporary structure in the multi-family residential zone at the Murray Planning Commission meeting Tuesday. The commission unanimously approved to allow the 65 fraternity members to use a trailer-type building for a year while they make decisions about reconstructing their house.

“We’ve looked at other meeting locations, but this seems like the only option,” Mike Pierce said on behalf of Pike alumni. “We’re going to move on this as quick as possible with school starting and kids coming back to town so they have a place to call home.”

The 27-year-old Pike lodge was destroyed in a June 5 fire. No one was living at the house at the time of the blaze and certain Pi Kappa Alpha artifacts, including the charter were saved.
Pierce said the fraternity has not decided whether to build at its Stadium View Drive property or buy property closer to campus. Members are expected to make a decision within a month, he said.

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[Tom Earp]

TStevens,

there is a misconception about pre built housing.

What people dont know, is that if you are talking about Modular House as opposed to Built from stick up construction it can be great.

There are some sites that one can check as I did a while back and was surprised by some of the builds that were built this way.

Basically, a house is designed, built in a big building using jigs that were set up for that specific design. Cutting is more precise, wiring, interior, plumbing, cabinents are all in place. They are transported and lifted in place on site.

A two story house can be in place in 1-2 days and then finishers come in and fine tune.

Myslf and a few of our Alums looked at this way to do it but most were against it because they did not know that much about it.

Actually, it is built a heck of a lot better with a better grade of materials.

It is not two trailer halfs you see going down the road for a double wide!

Built to over specs and better materials. Well, alot will go into the planning!