Sectors | Social Housing - Newbuild
Today’s housing estates are undergoing significant change and social landlords are often finding themselves with properties that are below the decent homes standard, structurally defective and suffering from poor thermal and aesthetic issues.
Fastbuild – Modern Method of Construction
The Structherm Fastbuild system has been used in many social housing and mixed tenure newbuild projects to provide mainly apartment blocks of up to 6 storeys. Partnerships have been formed with main contractors and end clients to provide innovative, energy efficient new homes for affordable rent and shared ownership.
Cost certainty can be achieved at an early stage with the Fastbuild method allowing projects to be planned and budgeted for effectively. Other major benefits to the contractor and client are:
- Speed of erection – construction timescales can be dramatically reduced
- Water tightness can be achieved earlier than other construction methods – allowing internal fit out to be carried out a the same time as external finishes are applied – saving time and money
- Fastbuild is a simple system to erect, conforms automatically to progressive collapse and service holes can be incorporated in the design stage allowing for less wastage and neat installation on site.
- Health & Safety – fast track construction reduces site exposure for both operatives and neighbours, similarly site tidiness and staggered panel deliveries maintain a clean and manageable working environment.
Design flexibility is also an important factor in choosing the Fastbuild method – panels can be finished with an extensive range of renders, cladding, stone or brick to suit client’s requirements.
Apartments built using Fastbuild in West Yorkshire have achieved an Eco Homes ‘excellent’ rating. All apartment blocks built with Fastbuild have easily achieved and exceeded current Building Regulations for acoustic, air leakage and air permeability tests.
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