Abacus Construction Index
UK: Prefabricated Buildings: Prefabricated Building Suppliers
ABOUT PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS
Pre-fabricated buildings are made up of complete room-sized modular units stacked on top of each other. The pre-fabricated units are made in a factory, with all internal fittings and fixings, including electrical wiring, being installed in the factory. The advantages of pre-fabricated buildings are the speed of construction, and the quality of workmanship that can be achieved by undertaking the construction in factory conditions.
Pre-fabricated buildings may also be formed from pre-fabricated panels, which are delivered flat, and are assembled on site.
The leading UK suppliers of pre-fabricated buildings, described below the panel of sponsored links, have comprehensive websites with illustrated online catalogues and details of product specifications for pre-fabricated buildings.
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LEADING UK PRE-FABRICATED BUILDING SUPPLIERS
Yorkon is a leading supplier of prefabricated buildings. In recent years Yorkon pre-fabricated buildings have been used in innovative architect-designed housing scheme, for example for the Peabody Trust. These schemes use the basic Yorkon units, several stories high, but add well-designed cladding and balconies to produce the effect of a well designed contemporary building. Previously Yorkon units were used mainly in more utilitarian industrial and defence applications. Like Portakabin, which is one of the UK's leading suppliers of portable buildings, Yorkon is part of the Shepherd building contracting group, based in York.
Elliott Group is a leading supplier of prefabricated buildings. An example of its work is the building for aircrew at Southampton Airport. This is made up of thirty nine prefabricated units, stacked in three floors. Silver cladding sheets the external walls, to provide continuity of appearance. The double glazed windows have solar louvres, and a lift provides disabled access. Noise reduction was a particular concern in an airport location, and the building reduces external noise by 49 decibels.
Other useful links relevant to prefabricated buildings and suppliers:
Modular & Portable
Building Association
Timber Research
& Development Association
DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS
We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include manufacturers' specifications and CAD details: Barbour Compendium at www.barbourcompendium.co.uk, RIBA Product Selector Plus at ww.productselector.co.uk, ASC Bricsnet at www.ascinfo.co.uk, Building Products Index at www.bpindex.co.uk, British Board of Agrément at www.bbacerts.co.uk, British Standards Online at www.bsonline.bsi-global.com.
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