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Chapter 7: Off-site construction

Off-site manufacture of building elements, rooms or whole buildings becomes more attractive as traditional construction gets more expensive and demand outstrips supply. There is a range of off-site construction types, broadly split into three categories:

1. Elemental or component – ranging from kitchen and bathroom pods, balconies, floors, roofs, service risers and other identical building elements manufactured in the factory and delivered for assembly on site.
2. Panelised construction – either closed or open panels with the option of fixing finishes in the factory. They can use timber, steel or precast concrete systems and include systems like timber SIPs (structural insulated panels) or CLT (cross-laminated timber ...