Step by Step

1. We receive an enquiry from you for your or your clients project. All we require at this stage is basic requirements, for instance M2 of total proposed property, how many floors and roof shape. If you have any drawings or sketches – the entire better. Once we have this information,we issue a BUDGET QUOTE and a KIT DESCRIPTION
   
2. If you wish to pursue the quote, we work with you until we have basic finished scaleable or dimensioned drawings of your project
   
3. Our engineers take the drawings and produce a set of calculations that take into account several different facts and figures. For instance the exact location of the subject property is researched via channels at our disposal and then extreme conditions are calculated along with “stresses and strains” the building will endure in the course of its life. Once the calculations and instructions are issued, the job passes on to:
   
4. The design department, who generate drawings of all the components required and what goes where, using the information provided in the engineers documents.
   
5. The completed sets of drawings then go into the factory, ready for the kit to be manufactured.
   
6. A soleplate drawing is sent to the client (or his agent) for approval and acceptance. On return of this document, manufacture commences.
   
7. A copy of the drawings and erecting specifications are supplied to the site erecting team and we deliver the kit to site and commence erecting immediately.
   
8. The erecting period obviously differs depending on the size of the property concerned, but an average detached 4-bed house would take around 6 days
   
9. Our engineer and the client carry out a final inspection or his representative then the roofer and window installer complete their part of the project.
   
10. Within a couple of weeks the internal works can begin, the electrician and plumber being the first. They can first-fix all pipes and cables very quickly indeed as all the walls, eco-joists and roof trusses are open at this stage, and then insulation and boarding can begin.
    

A TYPICAL KIT WOULD CONSIST OF:

• Engineering and Design
• Manufacture
• 140mmx39mm Soleplates
• 140mmx39mm Exterior Walls with 9mm OSB stiffener overlaid with breather membrane
• 140mm or 89mm x 39mm Internal Room Partition Walls
• Separating Floors as Engineered Eco-joists and V313 flooring
• Engineered Roof Trusses
• Glulam Beams if specified
• Delivery to site
• Erecting

The above would also include all other necessary smaller components such as wind bracing, head-binders, noggins and any other item specified by the designer.
The average build time for this example, from kit arriving on site to occupation should be around 12-14 weeks. We have several projects that have been completed in 8/ 9 weeks.

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