Client: Flagship Homes
System: i-House
Project overview
Situated in Great Ellingham, Norfolk, Crown View is the latest project in the portfolio of Flagship Homes, the development subsidiary of Flagship Group. The 60-home development will consist of 30 affordable rent homes, to help people secure stable accommodation, and 30 shared ownership homes, which allows prospective buyers to take their first steps up the property ladder. These homes will be built by Lovell Partnerships, who we have previously worked with.
As part of the new development, Roofspace Solutions were selected to provide the i-House full housing shell to all 60 plots, alongside Posi-Joist floor cassettes and roof trusses from our sister company Pasquill.
The development features one, two and three bedroom homes, and consists of a mix of 51 detached and semi-detached houses and nine bungalows.
Once the final designs had been ironed out between the Roofspace Solutions design team, the Lovell Partnerships team and Duncan, site packs were issued to the on-site team.
These site packs contained the flat plan drawings for each plot and component schedules, as well as all necessary details for the installation. All timber engineered products also include interactive 3D models via a QR Code, which can be used to help the on-site team with the installation process.
When the build moved from design stage to site, the real benefits of off-site manufacturing became apparent.
By selecting i-House, homes can be delivered quickly, safely and in volume, thanks to the off-site manufacturing process involved. On-site, the safety of the workers is increased due to the reduced need to work at height using cranes, with each i-House panel carefully craned into place by a fully qualified operator.
The amount of waste produced on-site is much lower compared to using traditional methods of construction and once the i-House installation is completed, follow on trades can come in and complete their work while taking advantage of the time savings generated by using i-House.
Trevor Haystead, Regional Operations Director from Lovell Homes, said: “We have worked with Roofspace Solutions team on multiple projects now, and have always been impressed by the quality of their product, and the speed in which they are able to deliver it.”
“The quality and speed of Roofspace Solutions’ work has been an instrumental part of bringing Crown View to life and we can’t wait. We’ve really seen the benefits of the off-site construction, and it’s fantastic knowing that the homes are future-proofed and constructed with sustainability in mind.”
Oleg Barsoukov, Senior Delivery Project Manager, Flagship