Portable & Modular Buildings
savings – that’s the difference modular methods make. Modular is also built to the same, if not higher, sustainability standards as traditional methods, including BREEAM. If you couple all these benefits with modular’s more nimble approach which means it adapts to changes in specification more quickly than traditional bricks and mortar, the rail sector is set to win all round. Complete turnkey solutions delivered using offsite construction methods could be the rail sector’s answer to reducing its costs and construction programmes.
World-class health and safety benefits HS2 is one of the world’s largest construction projects, and health and safety is one its core values. As HS2 is working with a broad group of contractors, suppliers and manufacturers, it has established a unique, belief-based health and safety brand – Safe At Heart. This culture puts safety at the heart of building the railway and reflects that the health www.twitter.com/BFM_Magazine
Trackside, two-storey modular office accommodation in Wolverhampton by Actavo Building Solutions (for Alstom Transport, a global leader in rail systems, equipment and services).
and wellbeing of the collective is at the heart of everything they do. There are many health and safety benefits associated with modular building due to the controlled, factory environment in which they are manufactured. The factory-based setting provides cleaner, safer working conditions and safety requirements can be easily met and policed. There is also a reduced risk of trips, slips and falls, particularly as work at height is reduced and manual handling and lifting of goods is limited.
Actavo is leading the construction revolution from the front In 2016, Plimsoll Analysis named Actavo | Building Solutions as the UK’s fastest-growing modular building company for the past three years running (2014-2017). Additionally, Actavo was one of the first modular
building companies to fully implement BIM Level 2 into its business. Actavo | Building Solutions brings a wealth of experience and expertise to help the rail sector capitalise on the benefits of offsite construction methods and has been operating in the UK since 2009. In that time, Actavo has worked with Alstom, Signalling Solutions and Network Rail to deliver both trackside and non-trackside offsite solutions. Most recently, Actavo was appointed to design and build Oxford Railway Station’s new train operating company (TOC) building. A twophase, 18-week project, the building forms part of the proposed £75m Oxford Railway Station upgrade. Now viewed as the modern, innovative, construction method of choice in the rail sector, modular building offers both robust quality and speed of build with minimal disruption. For more information, please visit: www.actavo.com/buildings.
Portable & Modular Buildings
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