VRHabilis Featured

The Jan-Feb 2008 issue of the Construction Zone, the Construction Institute's bi-monthly newsletter, featured Tom Rancich and VRHabilis. Excerpts from the article by Stephan Butler, A.M. ASCE:

Lt. Commander Thomas Rancich, US Navy (Ret.) and founder of VRHabilis, has recently joined CI's Social and Environmental Concerns in Construction Committee. The Committee's members, who focus on social, economic, technological and environmental concerns in construction, believe that VRHabilis's business model, which is informed by both social justice and profit concerns, embodies the core vision and mission of the committee and its work.

VRHabilis has developed the concept of using adaptive technology to bridge the gap between industrial and medical technology. "We refer to it as 'mass customization to maximize human potential,'™" explains Rancich. "The idea is to work with equipment manufacturers and construction managers to develop cost-effective solutions to individual disabilities and then field those solutions to add service-disabled veterans to the work force."

You can download a PDF of the newsletter from the Construction Zone, or read the full text of the article online at TomRancich.com.