Design for

Volumetric & Modular

Design for

Volumetric & Modular

Engineering designed
into components

A volumetric construction project typically relies on commitment to deliver reduced site construction time to minimise site disruption.  For this to work best, modules should be as close to complete as possible leaving the factory and should be easily connected on site.

CAD21, working with key modular engineering and construction partners, has introduced a freshened approach to factory fit systems and design approach, simplifying the connectivity of modules on site and removing MEP service component delivery from the overall construction critical path.

Component standardisation in engineering design mirrors the ethos of  volumetric construction benefits.  Investment in design with focus on simplification and repeatability improves factory completion percentages offering true client benefit in reduced time on site and minimising final fit work scope.

Fallowfield Student Village exterior, mid-rise Passivhaus residential blocks at the University of Manchester, by CAD21

One-pass delivery

CAD21’s commitment to detail and coordination means that we have achieved direct positive results for our contractor delivery partners, minimising factory floor delays with improved one-pass delivery.  More design effort up front means easier, standardised installation, and measurable results for our contractor delivery partners. Simplified design with enhanced, component driven detail removes uncertainty during installation, meaning faster, more predictable completion, ready for site.

Designed for factory and site

Whether its modular or pre-cast concrete construction, offsite splits a building in two: the factory where modules and panels are made, and the site where they’re joined. The services have to work across both, with connections that go together cleanly when elements arrive. We deliver advanced coordination detail for elevational setting out, across modular and pre-cast concrete systems alike, so components turn up ready to join and the finished building performs as one. Design management and quality assurance carry that, because in offsite the only acceptable outcome is 100% correctness.

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