Ultrapanel Accepted into Home Builders Federation

Ultrapanel Building Technologies, designer, and manufacturer of the award-winning Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ system, has been accepted into the highly prestigious Home Builders Federation.

The Home Builders Federation is the representative body of the home building industry in England and Wales, with member firms accounting for some 80% of all new homes built in England and Wales. The Federation works hard to ensure that senior politicians and Government officials are aware of housing issues and the challenges faced by its members, as well as ‘working with Government to ensure housing policies are introduced that facilitate housing supply, in a way that is workable for the industry’.

Commenting about the efficient roofing system’s recent acceptance into the Home Builders Federation, Ultrapanel Managing Director, John Hough, said: “We are delighted that Ultrapanel has been accepted into the Home Builders Federation. The HBF is highly respected, and our membership means that we are now a part of the most powerful and trusted voice for the building industry in speaking to government, politicians, and regulators. The work of the Home Builders Federation has become more important than ever since the pandemic began and we feel extremely proud to now be a part of this.”

Manufactured off-site and delivered as a flat packed ‘room in the roof’ kit, Ultrapanel’s innovative and accredited modern method of construction is the most efficient end to end way to build. Materials, manufacturing and labour are optimised to deliver structural and thermal performance in a much lighter, simpler and faster building system with a high-quality finish every time. Arriving palletised Ultrapanel is rapidly assembled and requires no heavy lifting equipment. Thanks to short call offs and a reliable, responsive supply chain the Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ delivers significant programme gains on busy sites. The system is future-proofed to meet new legislation requirements and as dormers and stairs can be placed anywhere in a house design, offers total design flexibility.

Find out more about the Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ system here.

Material shortages – is MMC the answer?

As the UK strives to recover and return to the ‘new normal’– the pressure of operating a safe construction site combined with tough schedules, supply chain issues and complex specification decisions are all taking a toll on housebuilders.

The Brexit-driven shortage of workers, disorder in construction supply chains, and materials shortages are also creating a need for rapid reassessment of supply chains. The construction industry has been at the forefront of the economic recovery with activity levels at a seven-year high. Soaring demand has strained the availability of a number of key materials, with some experiencing double-digit inflation.

With a reliable and responsive supply chain, Ultrapanel’s 40-year offsite manufacturing heritage makes it a supply chain partner that is dependable, agile, and able to rapidly respond to the changing needs of busy sites. Every Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ is produced in a high quality, high capacity factory manufacturing 25,000 roofs per year. With an On Time in Full (OTIF) of 98% and twice-yearly BBA factory audits, Ultrapanel is the roofing solution to depend on.

The highly efficient ‘room in the roof’ system was launched by Ultrapanel Building Technologies in January 2021. The system provides world-class offsite manufacturing techniques and therefore, invaluable benefits for housebuilders who are not only looking to increase efficiency and revenue, but also to overcome supply chain, performance and safety issue concerns.

The Ultrapanel system is delivered to site as a complete ‘room in the roof’ kit of parts including all components and fixings. This therefore eliminates onsite waste and associated disposal costs.

It is not only construction methods that are going through labour shortage and supply chain challenges. Productivity or the lack of, has been an issue for the construction industry for decades. The UK has the skills and technology to overcome the pitfalls associated with traditional labour-intensive approaches, however some sectors have been slow on the uptake. The Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ is far less labour intensive than traditional roofs in terms of its manufacturing and building processes. Each roof is produced in the Ultrapanel high capacity, high quality factory, where components are manufactured simultaneously for the ultimate in manufacturing efficiency. This low labour intensity approach continues when a roof arrives on site in flatpacked form on just 3-4 pallets, meaning that Ultrapanel roofs are easy to store, and the palletised nature of the delivery allows for efficient transportation around a site. Finally, the build itself is also ultra-efficient in terms of the amount of labour needed. In fact, a team of three is able to get a roof to fully watertight within just one day.

Commenting, Andrew Thomson, Ultrapanel’s Design and Development Director, said: “With a collective 350 years of experience and a 30-plus strong design team, the supply chain department at Ultrapanel has unrivalled expertise in sourcing the correct component to get hundreds of roofs out of our high-precision manufacturing facility each day. The Ultrapanel system is the only ‘room in the roof’ solution with BBA certification and NHBC Accepts. This provides assurance and confidence to developers that Ultrapanel components will consistently achieve the required structural, thermal, condensation and fire performance standards, in line with NHBC warranty and insurance policies.”

Ultrapanel believes that MCC needs to be seriously considered in all development projects and should stop being a “buzz” word. The concept of design and manufacture offsite and assemble on site as opposed to construct on site will support efficiencies, labour shortages, and speed of build, all of which can support the government’s build target of 300K houses per year.

To find out more about Ultrapanel email hello@ultrapanel.co.uk.

Ultrapanel Declared Best Offsite/Modular Innovation at Building Innovation Awards

The Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ has been declared the ‘Best Offsite/Modular Innovation’ at the prestigious Building Innovation Awards.

The awards, which took place at Old Trafford cricket ground in Manchester, “celebrate the most innovative products, services and technology that are reshaping the UK construction sector.”

The win comes towards the end of a tremendous first year for the innovative and efficient ‘room in the roof’ system which was launched in January and has already received accolades at other award ceremonies, as well as being rolled out on sites across the UK by some of the UK’s most prolific housebuilders.

Commenting about the win at the Building Innovation Awards, Ultrapanel Managing Director, John Hough, said: “We are extremely delighted to have won the award for Best Offsite/Modular Innovation at the Building Innovation Awards. Our ‘room in the roof’ system was only launched in January, and for us to have been recognised at these, and other prestigious awards in our first year is something that we are extremely proud of. The Ultrapanel system is being used on sites across the UK to provide an efficient roofing solution that brings many benefits to housebuilders. It’s been a tremendous launch year for us, and we are very grateful to receive this latest award.”

Manufactured off-site and delivered as a flat packed ‘room in the roof’ kit, Ultrapanel’s innovative and accredited modern method of construction is the most efficient end to end way to build. Materials, manufacturing, and labour are optimised to deliver structural and thermal performance in a much lighter, simpler, and faster building system, with a high quality finish every time. Arriving palletised Ultrapanel is rapidly assembled and requires no heavy lifting equipment. Thanks to short call offs and a responsive supply chain the Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ delivers significant programme gains on busy sites.

Since launch, the Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ system has won Best Offsite/Modular Innovation category at the Building Innovation Awards, Best Brand New Product at the Housebuilder Product Awards, and been Highly Commended at the Offsite Awards for Product Innovation.

Find out more about the Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ system here.

Ultrapanel Highly Commended at Offsite Awards

The Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ from Ultrapanel Building Technologies has been Highly Commended for the Product Innovation Award at the prestigious Offsite Awards – just 8 months after the launch of the system. The accolade at the fiercely fought awards comes after recognition earlier in the year at the Housebuilder Product Awards where the ultra efficient ‘room in the roof’ system won Best Brand New Product.

Commenting about the commendation from the Offsite Awards, Ultrapanel Managing Director, John Hough, said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been Highly Commended in the category of Product Innovation at the Offsite Awards. Innovation is at the very heart of all that we do and this is demonstrated in our unique Ultrapanel system, which we believe offers the most efficient end-to-end way to build.”

The Offsite Awards received over 200 entries from companies at the forefront of the offsite industry in terms of innovation and expertise. 24 categories cover every aspect of the industry from hybrid and modular technology to engineering and installation, ensuring that all aspects of the offsite building process are celebrated and recognising the design and technology that makes these inspiring projects and products possible. Since inception in 2014, the Offsite Awards have grown in stature and this year, the standard was higher than ever, with organisers describing the competition to be shortlisted as ‘fierce’.

Since its launch in January, the Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ system from Ultrapanel Building Technologies has already won Best Brand New Product at the Housebuilder Product Awards and is shortlisted at the upcoming Housebuilder Awards and CN Specialist Awards. The system was also shortlisted for Offsite Pioneer at the Offsite Awards.

Manufactured off-site and delivered as a flat packed ‘room in the roof’ kit, Ultrapanel’s innovative and accredited modern method of construction is the most efficient end to end way to build. Materials, manufacturing, and labour are optimised to deliver structural and thermal performance in a much lighter, simpler, and faster building system, with a high quality finish every time. Arriving palletised, Ultrapanel is rapidly assembled and requires no heavy lifting equipment. Thanks to short call-offs and a responsive supply chain the Ultrapanel ‘room in the roof’ delivers significant programme gains on busy sites.

Concluding, about Ultrapanel’s success at its Offsite Awards debut, John said: “We are absolutely delighted to have been recognised in this way by the Offsite Awards and would like to offer our congratulations to all the other worthy winners.

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