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contractor, and delivery partner Claritas Group, as well as the high level of sustainability for a scheme of this nature. Also unusual was the involvement of this topflight architectural practice in what is a modest project by their standards. The build was completed in early 2022 creating a space ready for individuals and families to move into. The building comprises a series of fully volumetric modules housing one-bedroom apartments, manufactured and completely fitted out at remier odulars factory in riffield, ast orkshire. hey arrived onsite complete with shower rooms, kitchens and their respective plumbing connections pre-installed.


The modular apartments, which each weigh around 10 tonnes, were installed using a crane in a very short two-week period. The building is not only modular however – the hybrid solution also includes in situ concrete lift and staircase cores, and circulation links.


PROCUREMENT Natalie Meunier, national business development director at Premier Modular, explains to Housebuilder & Developer that


she was the lead contact with the client, “leading the front end and coordinating the liaison.”


The council did a “soft market test” to establish the interest of different manufacturers, says Meunier. “They approached it in two stages firstly to establish the appetite of the market, and the companies capabilities. ollowing this preualification, the council shortlisted five companies to propose a full Design & Build solution.


The contract was for a fully volumetric offsite approach from the very outset, says Meunier. This was “because the site is so tight that they wanted to minimise disruption, as well as offering the speed, uality and other benefits of offsite. he client team included A as project manager and engineer, and RSHP – the Stirling-Prize winning architectural practice founded by the late Lord Rogers – as lead architect and landscape architect. The cost consultant and employers agent ast was retained from Stage 3, but, says Meunier “completely took it from there.” he adds he client didnt want to completely novate the team to us,


“TRANSPARENCY IS A GOOD WAY TO DELIVER THE BEST VALUE” NATALIE MEUNIER, PREMIER MODULAR


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