About Us
Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions’ vision is to be the market leader in lightweight and sustainable off-site construction. Construction faces a number of challenges, including the move towards low carbon homes, the growing skills shortage in critical roles and the need to deliver high performing buildings that meet society’s changing needs in a safe and sustainable way. We believe that off-site construction has a critical part to play in meeting those challenges. And with in-house designers and a dedicated and established network of factories across the country, we know how to deliver.
We have developed a full range of solutions, to allow us to deliver an integrated supply chain that can support our customers from design to installation. We combine this with access to the full range of Saint-Gobain materials, knowledge, and services. We believe that makes us a unique partner within the industry.
We have solutions to support a wide range of building types, whether residential or commercial, new build or fit-out. Our solutions are developed in collaboration with our customers to help create high-performing buildings that combine comfort, sustainability, and performance.
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Why choose Saint-Gobain for your off-site solutions?
Saint-Gobain has been at the forefront of materials innovation for over three centuries. We currently employ hundreds of thousands of colleagues in more than 75 countries and turn over more than £50billion annually.
Our mission is to Make the World a Better Home, and we are harnessing our unique knowledge and experience of construction systems to make this a reality through the delivery of high performance, energy efficient buildings.
In an uncertain world, our scale, stability and longevity is your assurance that we’ll still be working with you for years to come.
Our History
For over 350 years, Saint-Gobain has been at the forefront of materials innovation. We’re now harnessing the collective expertise of our manufacturing brands to help our partners embrace the opportunities available through off-site construction.
By offering a range of solutions, systems and components, Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions helps to improve the speed of construction on-site, and delivers consistent quality in building and sustainability performance, with the reassurance and transparency that comes from working with one of the most trusted brands in construction.
Our Brands
Our foundation is based on the knowledge built within our market leading brands. We combine products and systems from each of them to provide a solution that meets your specific project’s needs, as a single combined offer. Projects vary from components to support traditional build, structural kit, or installed systems. To discuss the option that best suits your project, please contact us.
- Intrastack is a new, compelling, panelised light gauge steel frame solution for multi-occupancy residential projects.
- The solution includes pre-assembled structural components for walls, floors and roofs, available in open and closed panel options.
- A co-ordinated installation service ensures that your panels are delivered and erected in sequence, ready for the follow on trades.
- One of the largest manufacturers of trussed rafters, engineered joists and floor cassettes in the UK.
- National network of 15 design and manufacturing sites provides nationwide coverage with local knowledge and services.
- Full design and estimating service, including 3D visualisation.
- Supplier to regional and national housebuilders, timber frame manufacturers, social housing providers and small projects/self-build.
- Offer nationwide supply of cassette roof (i-Roof) and large format masonry block (i-House) solutions for residential construction.
- i-Roof provides a room-in-room solution for 2.5 storey homes, supplied with manufactured walls, floors and roofs.
- i-House delivers a complete watertight shell of a standard house design within a week.
- Systems are installed on-site under Roofspace’s management, reducing programme time, labour requirements and health and safety risks.
- Scotframe is one of the largest timber frame providers in the UK, providing both structural kit only, or a complete home kit solution.
- Over 30,000 homes delivered using timber frame panels, supplied either as hybrid SIPs or closed panel.
- Two manufacturing centres in Inverurie and Cumbernauld, plus sales offices and showrooms in Inverness, Dundee and Swindon.
- Support throughout the project process, from architectural design to the delivery of the kit and supporting materials.
Sustainability
Saint-Gobain is a global business that has sustainability at its core. In November 2020 the entire group had our net-zero carbon targets endorsed by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) – your assurance that the goals we have set for ourselves are measurable, deliverable and realistic. In addition to our commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2050*, we have committed to additional near term targets to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 33% by 2030*.
Our purpose is to “Make the World a Better Home”, and the Off-Site Solutions division believe we’re ideally placed to help our customers do just that. We’re constantly working to provide solutions that reduce carbon emissions, protect natural resources, and address rapid urbanization.
In addition to sourcing as sustainable materials as possible, the solutions we design and manufacture off-site maximise material yield in our factories and create minimal waste on site, ensuring that valuable resources go further. And crucially, the homes and buildings we create provide promised thermal performance for the lifetime of their operation – meaning that their occupants use less energy to stay warm and comfortable.
We understand that the sustainability issues are multi-layered and fast-evolving so we collaborate across the industry – not just with customers and suppliers, but also with organisations including the Supply Chain Sustainability School – to ensure that we follow the latest industry innovations.
Talk to one of our Solutions Managers to find out how we can help you to Build Better Homes more sustainably.
*from a 2017 base year.
Case Study: Barnesville Close, Midland Heart Housing Association
Whitepaper: How Should Off-Site Construction be part of the Affordable Housing Toolkit?
External Content: A Mission for Healthy Homes and Buildings
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