Our Modular Building Manufacturing Facilities and Production Capacities
Our activities in the UK and Ireland are supported by a state of the art manufacturing facilities, one in each geography, which is fully equipped with the latest design and production machinery, including Automatic Press’s, Gantry Cranes and Welding/Fabrication Shop. Our facility is used for the production, assembly and fit-out of modular buildings in a controlled factory environment.
Our manufacturing facility allows us to design components and then use ‘production line’ techniques, which harness repetition and quality control, whilst allowing for the inclusion of bespoke elements. We follow clients’ individual briefs, achieve lean manufacturing and deliver superb modular buildings with a designed 60-year minimum life span.
Using Lean Manufacturing processes, we work efficiently by maximising the amount of offsite work undertaken in our Quality Controlled environment. An example of this would be the part installation of M&E services and boarding of floors, walls and ceilings. There are ‘quality gates’ at regular stages to ensure that any defects are identified and rectified before production advances to the next stage. The production process and quality control documents are completed in line with our ISO 9001 certification and quality control procedures.
When they have been passed by our Quality Control inspectors, the modular units are wrap protected to prevent damage and transported to our sites where they are checked for damage prior to being craned into position. Our Unit Managers carefully schedule production to ensure timescales are met. We closely monitor resource and maximise lean manufacturing techniques to maximise our throughput of completed units. Our manufacturing resource includes in-house skilled and semi-skilled operatives working core hours, with the capability to use overtime, alternative shift patterns and subcontractors to assist with peaks and troughs in demand. Any subcontractors used to supplement our core workforce are brought in from pre-approved, tried and tested companies that meet our exacting standards and are integrated and managed by our Manufacturing Unit Manager.
Our production capacity means that we are able to manufacture a minimum of 10 completed modular units per week from our primary facility, with a proven production capability of up to 25 modules at peak production levels. Additionally, to increase the production levels, we have the ability to expand our manufacturing capacity through temporary factory space where project specific works can be completed prior to delivery to site.
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