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Main Construction Options for Mount Properties

Modern methods of construction are about better products and processes. They aim to improve business efficiency, quality, customer satisfaction, environmental performance, sustainability and the predictability of delivery timescales. Modern methods of construction are, therefore, more broadly based than a particular focus on product. They engage people and process to seek improvement in the delivery and performance of construction(CABE , 2009, pp. 15-24).

Panellised units are produced in a factory and assembled on-site to produce a three dimensional structure. Open panels consist of a skeletal structure only, whereas more advanced panels may include lining material, insulation services, windows, doors, internal wall finishes and external claddings.

Volumetric construction involves the production of three-dimensional modular units in controlled factory conditions prior to transport to site (DCLG , 2008, pp. 59-63).

Hybrid techniques combine both panellised and volumetric approaches. Typically, volumetric units (sometimes referred to as pods) are used for the highly serviced and more repeatable areas such as kitchens and bathrooms, with the remainder of the dwelling or building constructed using panels.

Other modern methods of construction may use floor or roof cassettes, pre-cast concrete foundation assemblies, pre-formed wiring looms, and mechanical engineering composites. They can also include innovative techniques such as tunnel form or thin-joint block work.

Two-story HUD-Code homes are built as single- or double-width, or single-width over double-width. Essentially there are two approaches to realizing two-story manufactured homes. Both require a crane onsite. One approach, as practiced by Schult Homes and New Era Homes, is to manufacture and deliver single-story boxes and stack the second-story unit on the first-story unit on site, not unlike modular housing (Callcutt, 2011, pp. 136-138). The HUD Code requires all sections to have permanent chassis but does not specify that wheels, axles, and hitch be permanent, so these are removed before they are stacked. Traditional HUD-Code chassis are made of heavy, longitudinal, steel I-beams supporting the floor system from below. Schult Homes departs from this practice with a series of transverse, steel chassis beams positioned within the height of a perimeter girder, reducing the floor's overall thickness. These beams transfer all loads to the axle springs and drawbar. The beams form wheel wells, reducing the overall shipping height. Schult supplied two-story manufactured homes for the New Colony Village project.

Source: (Callcutt, 2011, pp. 136-138)

Best option for 2 story construction

Roof Tiles

Developed in the early 1980s, many millions of micro-concrete roof tiles made by the Parry process are in use in thousands of locations worldwide. Mainly used in house construction, Parry tiles are now also giving service in the education and health sectors, and in religious buildings(EP , 2008, pp. 130-135). The folded screed method of manufacture coupled with high frequency mechanical vibration produces a tough, impervious canopy - half the weight of roofing tiles previously manufactured by other processes. Reduced weight provides the opportunity to cut the amount of timber used in the supporting structure.

Source: (Cave, 2012, pp. 263-274)

Source: (CABE , 2009, pp. 15-24)

Coffered Floor Slab

Using an inovative system of vibrating reusable formwork with a ...