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of the project was a further key element that made this work, and that Claritas shared a similar approach, that “construction can be different.”


OFFSITE BENEFITS


The project was designed to Cat 1 modular volumetric standards, meaning a fully systemised approach producing full units in the factory to be bolted together – and their services connected – onsite. orking out whats best for the site is a balance between time, cost and quality control,” says Meunier, adding “we always try to maximise volumetric where we can, because thats where we have most control.”


As Meunier asserts, the “process-driven” nature of offsite construction allows quality control to be brought to the fore at all stages. he sums up the benefits ou can check the uality at every turn. f course, an added benefit is that weather is not an obstacle to time and quality of delivery either. To accredit its processes, everything Premier Modular does follows ISO9001/14001/5001, and the company also has the now industry-standard BOPAS accreditation. The highly engineered steel-framed volumetric modules are designed for a 60 year life, and each


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manufactured unit has its own quality control manager in the factory, checking factors from the alignment of the structure to ensuring the insulation is correctly installed.


The frames are always designed “somewhat bespoke,” says Patience. They are “fundamentally a pair of hot-rolled end frames with a coldrolled floor, wall and ceiling chassis, which they then infill with whatever is required in each case in the factory – in this case light gauge steel wall panels, although they have also used timber in other projects. He says the firms ethos is to respond to client requirements rather than try and impose solutions on them.”


EFFICIENT SPACES


The unit encompasses 58 self-contained single-bedded apartments, each with a bathroom and kitchen. There are two accessible apartments, each with a parking space, and eight further nonresidential units which are offices relocated from the Red Cross building. The two concrete cores are linked by external walkways to a traditionally- constructed balcony that is attached to the volumetric modules. The central courtyard forms a communal space with benches that allows tenants to meet,


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