OFF-SITE CONSTRUCTION CAN TRANSFORM THE INDUSTRY
CASE STUDY
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MCAVOY GRINDON HALL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL , SUNDERLAND , ENGLAND facilities is a large initial outlay , and the company concerned must have the confidence in modular construction to make it a success .
In the UK , organisations such as Buildoffsite are working to promote this confidence , advertising the benefits of the technique through events and publications as it moves to its ultimate goal of a tenfold increase in the uptake of off-site .
With the work of such organisations and ever more statistics to support the benefit of off-site construction , we may be looking at an industry ready for transformation in the coming years .
Primary School with both modular and rapid build elements .
BUDGET £ 3,422,000
TARGET CO2 EMISSION RATE ( TER ) Kg CO2 / m 2 PER ANNUM 15.1
BUILD DURATION 24 weeks
GROUND FLOOR CONSTRUCTION Classrooms are standard McAvoy modular construction with 3kN / m 2
EXTERNAL WALL CONSTRUCTION Internal leaf standard timber frame 140 stud with frametherm 32 between studs . Dladding a combination of coloured render , brick slips and Western red cedar .
ROOF CONSTRUCTION Flat roof throughout , single ply membrane min pitch 1:80 .
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