Offsite Homes

QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Our commitment is to manufacture sustainable homes.
Our methods of working will mean we will produce almost no waste
and our homes will be almost 100% recyclable meeting the objectives of
the Circular Economy.
Due to the flexibility in design and the quality control benefits that factory
based modular manufacturing offers, it is possible to consistently deliver
dwellings with very high levels of through-life energy efficiency, so making
them cheaper to heat and light, less prone to overheating and having a much
lower through-life carbon footprint than more traditionally built homes.
In addition, the “fabric first” (the design of the walls, floors, ceilings and
roof section) design reduces energy demands meaning that the homes can
be delivered with lower capital expenditure on infrastructure. In turn, this
reduced infrastructure requires less energy to run, reduces through-life
maintenance and offers cheaper replacement costs when items such as boilers
need to be replaced.
Our Integrated Management System at every site, will be certified by UKAS
certification body for Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (OHSAS 18001,
ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 respectfully).
The management systems shall also be certified and conform to the
specific design, manufacture, and construction system requirements of
the “BuildOffsite Property Assurance Scheme” (BOPAS) and the product
requirements of the BLP “Durability and Maintenance Assessment Scheme”.
We will work in partnership with our principle contract partners to deliver
a full start to finish housing solution.
“Clearly, as one of the region’s key social housing providers,
First Wessex would wish, where possible to support such an
initiative as any help with job creation and affordable housing
in the region matters to us all.”
John Barker | Director of Assets & Development | First Wessex
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