Achieving a watertight structure is a pivotal milestone in every house building project. Once this is in place internal finishes and fit-out can begin in earnest.
Weather permitting, achieving a dry structure with a traditional build can take several weeks. The milestone is usually the ‘best estimate’ and is likely to move in periods of bad weather. A week’s delay in finishing the dry structure might not just mean a week added to the schedule, and the deviation can work either way.
It might be possible to pull the timing back with overtime and by throwing more personnel at the task, but this is likely to come at a cost. It’s more likely that delays will be magnified as trades that were scheduled for the target date may have found other work and won’t be available immediately.
Of course, there’s nothing new in this. This has been more or less what’s expected for as long as people can remember. Contingencies are often built into plans to cover the uncertainty. But on a large housing project, contingencies and delays add up to a significant risk of delayed revenues.
Flexihomes Brings Certainty
With Flexihomes by Innovaré, the structure is manufactured offsite before being quickly and easily assembled on site. From start to finish, the process takes 48 hours and, because of the precise manufacturing tolerances, there is a close weathertight fit between the panels. After this, the process of fit-out and applying internal finishes can continue unaffected by the weather.
For the developer and the supply chain this certainty is a massive advantage as work can be scheduled with complete confidence, project end dates become more secure and revenues start to roll in on time.
The component-led method used in Flexihomes by Innovaré has further advantages in terms of cost, flexibility and environmental impact, our resource centre has all the information you need if you want to find out more.
