RTM Homes in Alberta, From the St. Paul Yard

An RTM home for Alberta, as Herauf builds it, is a complete house built indoors in Herauf's controlled facilities, staged and finished at the St. Paul, Alberta yard, then moved in one piece to your land and set on a prepared foundation. St. Paul is where the last stage of the build happens inside the province. It is a full-service modular yard, not the plant where the house is framed.

The page for buying one is RTM homes in Alberta, with the plans that move in one piece and the quote form. For every region and the full plan list, see Herauf RTM homes, and if the question is what an RTM is in the first place, modular vs RTM answers it. The rest of this article is what the St. Paul yard does and where in Alberta a home goes from it.

What does the St. Paul yard do?

It is the staging, finishing and delivery hub for Alberta projects. Homes built in Herauf's controlled facilities arrive at St. Paul for final fit-out before heading to site. Staging inside the province shortens the final move, and it keeps a finished house under supervision until your site is ready. Many RTMs are framed outdoors in a builder's yard. A Herauf home is built indoors, so the weather never touches it before you do.

Where in Alberta does it deliver?

Across the province, from Edmonton and Calgary to rural and northern sites. The yard is a short haul from Edmonton, which makes the capital region one of the closest areas served. Red Deer, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie and Fort McMurray are all served from St. Paul, and the Medicine Hat service area takes in Redcliff, Brooks and farm and acreage lots across southeastern Alberta. If your land is in a smaller town or out on an acreage, the service area is the province, not a list of cities.

Which plans travel in one piece?

A ready-to-move home travels whole, so the house has to fit the road. Published plans at 14, 16 and 18 feet wide move in one piece, from the 588 sq ft one-bedroom Summit to 990 sq ft three-bedroom plans at 18 feet. Anything wider than a road can carry in one piece is built as modular sections and joined on the foundation, in the same facilities and to the same code. If a wider layout suits your land, modular homes in Alberta covers that route.

How far has Herauf built in Alberta?

North to the bush. For NAIT's Kidney Lake field camp, northwest of Whitecourt, Herauf manufactured 14 dormitory buildings with 56 rooms, 3 classrooms and a food storage building, then installed them on a roadless bush site for a fixed September intake. The NAIT project is written up in full. Other Alberta work includes workforce housing convoyed to an oil and gas camp at Fort McMurray and a site office in Wainwright, and Herauf has delivered homes beyond the province into the Northwest Territories.

Is it built for Alberta weather?

Every home meets or exceeds CSA A277 and is engineered to the National Building Code for climate zones 6 to 8, with a continuously insulated, airtight envelope and triple-pane low-E windows. That matters in a province where Chinook thaws and deep freezes make an envelope work harder than most. Most projects run about 16 weeks from order to move-in, because the foundation and services go in while the house is on the production line.

What does your land need before delivery?

A final approach that a wide, heavy load can pass, so note narrow bridges, tight turns, soft ground and overhead lines. Room beside the foundation for the crane or picker truck. A foundation chosen early, whether screw piles, concrete piles, a crawlspace or a full basement, and scheduled to finish before your delivery week. Winter can help here: frozen ground carries heavy loads that spring thaw cannot. The full site readiness checklist walks through it, and a free written quote usually comes back within one business day, or call 1.639.382.4106.