MMC 52pp M10 WEB

Modular & Volumetric Building
Raising the Bar for Offsite Construction
As one of the largest specialist off-site manufacturing businesses in the UK, Caledonian Modular offers much more than your
everyday construction company. Founded over 50 years ago, they supply around the UK from a 40-acre advanced manufacturing
site in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
Over the last few years’ Caledonian has
achieved significant growth and now has
a turnover of over £50m. A series of new
contract wins look set to continue this success
with a target of nearly doubling turnover by
2019, an objective they are well on the way to
achieving.
Mind you, this kind of performance hasn’t come
about on its own, but from a clear vision for the
company, backed by a strong management
team, and a focus on projects that are aligned
with its key strengths and sectors that it
understands; education, housing and
healthcare. These include an ability to achieve
up to 94 per cent completion of building
modules off-site, meaning buildings can be
handed over in up to half the time it takes for a
traditional build, and with less disruption to
roads and nearby buildings. Underlying this
ability to consistently deliver projects on time
and within budget is a commitment to
excellence through the use of BIM, design for
manufacture and assembly (DMFA) and lean
manufacturing techniques.
A case in point is the £55m contract awarded to
Caledonian by Laing O’Rourke to build the
accommodation modules for Hinkley Point C
(HPC) nuclear power station in Somerset. The
contract comprises 1,496 en-suite bedrooms
across 44 individual buildings at two locations.
The first accommodation units rolled off the
factory production line in March last year and
were delivered 96% finished, ready for
rapid completion. Each 34
bedroom block
will
be completed on site
within just eight
weeks from delivery.
The entire HPC
project is worth £18
billion across the
board for the
Nuclear Build
programme, the
largest modular
government project
across the entire
country.
Another recent
success, in
partnership with
their partner
architects HLM,
involved securing
first place on the modular framework to provide
permanent, component-based buildings and
facilities for the ESFA’s new secondary schools
block replacement programme. They won this
procurement competition with others from the
off-site construction sector, securing top spot
against 64 other bidders. Being awarded first
place immediately secured two projects with a
combined value of £12 million, with the potential
to realise further schemes within the £250
million funding allocated to the lot.
A track record of delivering these projects on
time and within budgets means the
management team can replicate their
approach on each successive
new contract – a great
confidence
builder with clients and main contractors. A
case in point is the £25m contract awarded to
Caledonian by Bowmer & Kirkland, announced
in the last few weeks, for the 680 bedroom
First Way Campus student development in
Wembley.
The ability of Caledonian’s modular building
system to help meet the strict deadline dates
on this project, which required handover in
time for Euro 2020, helped secure this contract.
As did their pre-engineered fire compliant
modular solution suitable for a high rise
development, which rises from 7 to 11 floors.
Other recent contracts wins include the MOD
Single Living Accommodation (SLA) for MoD
Lyneham in Wiltshire as part of a £35m Kier
development. Part of the Army Basing
Programme, the project will create 296 rooms
over 5 blocks, providing accommodation for
troops returning from overseas and relocating
within the UK. The latest contract continues a
long partnership with the MOD, with the team
successfully completing 1,145 rooms over 12
blocks on the same base for Kier in 2012/13.
Caledonian Modular prides themselves on the
fact that their projects look as authentic as a
traditional-build, indeed they are
indistinguishable, while remaining as efficient
and cost-effective as they do. By sticking to
what they know – modular and off-site
construction systems - underpinned by BIM,
DFMA and lean manufacturing, this
Nottingham based company is raising industry
standards and demonstrating how modular
buildings have the ability to resolve the UK’s
building shortages quickly and efficiently.
To find out more about Caledonian’s modular
building system, call: 01636 821645 or visit the
below website.
www.caledonianmodular.com
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