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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1



                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders
of Modtech, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Modtech, Inc. of our report dated March 8, 1996, relating to the
balance sheets of Modtech Inc. as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the
related statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each
of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1995, which report
appears in the December 31, 1995 annual report on Form 10-K of Modtech, Inc.


                                        /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
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KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
Orange County, California
November 26, 1996