Residential

Residential

Light steel frame construction is ideal for the residential sector. There is an increasing demand for rapid build, high quality and low cost solutions to housing development projects. The Government's directive for a greater number of affordable housing has resulted in an increase in large scale developments. Prefabricated, modular units provide the perfect solution and can be used for a variety of constructions from housing estates to multi storey residential buildings in urban areas.

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House Building Sector

The Egan report, published by the Construction Task Force in 1998, on the house building sector in 1998, recommended that house builders needed to focus on different measures to become more efficient and to improve quality and customer satisfaction. The aims set for the construction industry include reducing construction costs, to increase quality and development predictability and to use sustainable construction with more emphasis on prefabrication and off site manufacturing.

SteelTek Systems steel framing solutions meets the aims of the report through the standardisation and pre-assembly of components off-site as well as satisfying this sector's demand for speed of construction and quality.

Advantages of Residential Light Steel Framing

• Construction time cut by 50-60%
• Excellent levels of thermal efficiency
• Non combustible material
• Superior acoustic properties
• Pre-manufactured components means less waste
• Less weather dependent
• Less reliance on traditional skills
• Environmentally friendly: a high proportion of recycled material
• Dimensionally accurate: straight walls and flat doors