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Modular Building
Offsite Solutions awarded 6th bathroom pod contract
Offsite Solutions, the UK’s leading bathroom pod
manufacturer, has been awarded a £1.6m contract
for Crown Student Living.
Offsite Solutions will manufacture 645 GRP
composite bathroom pods working with Midas
who are main contractor for the £40m scheme
on Swansea’s waterfront. All the bedrooms in the ninestorey
development will be ensuite and furnished to a
high standard.
The Swansea project awarded to Offsite Solutions follows
its earlier student schemes for Crown Student Living in the
university cities of Bristol, Reading, Cardiff, Portsmouth and
most recently Norwich, which is nearing completion.
Commenting on the use of bathroom pods, Alan Pulver,
Director of Crown Student Living, said, “Our aim is to create
an exceptional student experience which is reflected in our
approach to bathroom construction. The quality of the
ensuite shower rooms is definitely a significant factor in
students’ choice of accommodation – which can be their
home for up to three years. We have specified Offsite Solutions’ bathroom pods from our very first development – a refurbishment and
conversion project in Bristol – and for every scheme after that. We have established a very good and positive working relationship with their
team.”
Offsite Solutions offers the UK’s largest range of bathroom pods to suit different building types and applications.
www.offsitesolutions.com
Protect Membranes installed in award winning education project
A combination of Protect construction membranes has been supplied and installed at Glasdir School, a modern school
building constructed to BREEAM Excellent standards using BIM Level 2.
Built by Wynne Construction and designed by architects Lovelock Mitchell,
this £10.5 million project involved re-locating two primary schools to a
brand new shared site in Ruthin, delivering a complete solution to client
Denbighshire County Council as part of the Welsh Government’s 21st Century
Schools and Education Programme.
Manufactured offsite by construction specialist Innovaré using their advanced
i-SIP technology, an independently accredited Structural Insulated Panel System
(SIP), the resulting structure was both water and airtight, delivering thermal
efficiency to a final U-value of 0.15w/m 2 k. The structure led to Innovaré being the
winners of the Best Use of SIPs category at the 2018 Structural Timber Awards.
Protect’s TF200 external breather membrane was used externally on the SIP to
ensure high water resistance and vapour permeability, minimising the risk of
interstitial condensation in the wall structure. Internally, Protect BarriAir was used
to ensure the integrity of airtightness and to significantly reduce heat loss and air leakage through the building fabric.
Craig Lee, Supply Chain Manager at Innovaré commented, “Over 10,000m 2 of i-SIP components including internal and external walls and
roof cassettes were erected by Innovaré in only 13 weeks, 55%
faster than traditional build. By using Protect’s membranes we have
peace of mind, both in long term performance as well as timely
deliveries, which helped us to maximise the speed benefits of offsite
construction.”
For details of how Protect products can be incorporated into
residential and commercial builds, please visit the below website,
email info@protectmembranes.com or call 0161 905 5700, quoting
‘Glasdir School.’
www.protectmembranes.com
Images courtesy of Wynne Construction
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