Innovations and Milestones in Modular Construction

Take a look at just some of our innovations and achievements over the past decade...

2011

• Construction News Specialists Awards 2011 - Yorkon has been shortlisted for two awards - the Emersons Green NHS Treatment Centre for the Project Excellence (public sector) category and Tesco Workington for the Project Excellence (private sector) category.
• Tesco Values Award 2010/11 - Yorkon's consistent, reliable and collaborative approach in delivering great customer projects in demanding situations throughout 2010/11 was recognised with a prestigious Tesco Values Award.

2010

• Building Regulations Part L 2010 - Quality controlled off-site production means Yorkon buildings are manufactured to more consistently rigorous tolerances than conventional site-based building methods. In full-scale independent tests for air permeability, the Yorkon building system exceeds Building Regulations Part L 2010 requirements by up to 70 per cent with no adaptation to the standard system.  This means exceptional energy efficiency performance, reduced carbon emissions and lower running costs.
• Building Better Healthcare Awards - Best Exterior Product for the Emersons Green NHS Treatment Centre
• Building Excellence Awards - Best Community Building (South West Region) for the Emersons Green NHS Treatment Centre in Bristol

2009

• Off-site Construction Awards - Best Off-site Health Project Award was presented to Yorkon for the new Acute Admissions Unit at Watford General Hospital
• Builder and Engineer Awards - Building for Health Award was won by the new Acute Admissions Unit at Watford General Hospital
• Builder and Engineer Awards - Building Schools for the Future Award was presented for the new science centre at Christ College
• Constructing Excellence Awards (North East) - Yorkon and Interserve Project Services received an award commendation (highly commended) in the Value category and were shortlisted in the Innovation category for the design and construction of the new Emergency Assessment Unit at North Tees Hospital
• LABC Regional Building Excellence Awards - award nomination for Christ College
• Considerate Constructors Beyond Compliance Certification for the Newbridge Primary School site in Powys
• Considerate Constructors Beyond Compliance Certification for a new NHS treatment centre in Bristol
• Powys Building Excellence Awards - Best Public Building Award for the new science centre at Christ College

2008

• The Yorkon high performance floor wins the Building Products Innovative Product of the Year Award
• With a point loading of 7kN and a uniformly distributed load of 9kN/m², Yorkon launches the highest performing modular building floor.
• Yorkon, as part of the Portakabin Group, is one of the first off-site specialists to achieve ISO 14001 accreditation - the internationally recognised standard for reducing impact on the environment.
• Yorkon wins the award for Best Healthcare Project for the Emergency Assessment Unit at North Tees Hospital
• Yorkon is highly commended at the Building Better Healthcare Awards in the Best Healthcare Construction Product category
• Yorkon launches a series of design options for 'greener' modular buildings to encourage the use of renewable sources of energy, reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, and promote recyclability
• Yorkon completes construction of the largest acute admissions unit (AAU) in the UK and the UK's largest modular building project in the healthcare sector.
• Yorkon, as part of Portakabin, announces that it now recycles 78 per cent of all waste.

2007

• Yorkon announces that as part of the Portakabin Group, it has achieved a 50 per cent reduction in the volume of waste sent to landfill over the last three years.
• Yorkon introduces a series of design options for 'greener' modular construction, as part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability. The options were selected to offer significant environmental benefits, including the use of renewable sources of energy, reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions, and recyclability.
• Yorkon launches a pioneering new exemplar design to demonstrate the architectural flexibility of its steel building systems. The design concepts, which have a wide range of practical applications, were developed in partnership with leading architects tp bennett.
• Yorkon launches a new design tool to help architects work with off-site construction.

2006

• Yorkon is the first off-site construction specialist to introduce a new and advanced software system to carry out a detailed environmental assessment of new building designs.
• Analysis of Yorkon's health and safety record over the past two years has shown 46 per cent fewer incidents compared to construction industry statistics for reportable injuries provided by the Health and Safety Executive.
• Research shows that Yorkon has delivered 96 per cent of building projects on time and 94 per cent on budget over the past five years.
• Yorkon wins the award for Innovator of the Year at the Specialist Contractor Awards - its fourth consecutive success at these awards.

2005

• The Moho project built by Yorkon for Urban Splash wins 5 awards for design, architecture and innovation.
• Yorkon wins the award for Best Off-site Specialist at the Specialist Contractor Awards for the third consecutive year. Keith Blanshard, Director of Yorkon, wins Personality of the Year.
• Yorkon achieves another modular industry first with the launch of a software tool to assess the whole life costs of the Yorkon system compared to other modular buildings or traditionally constructed buildings.
• Yorkon completes the first Independent Sector Treatment Centre to be built off-site. The project at Shepton Mallet is also believed to be the most complex modular project ever undertaken in the UK.

2004

• Yorkon introduces a pioneering warranty package. A modular industry first, the 20-year structural warranty and 5-year product warranty are part of a new and unique Customer Charter introduced to set out Yorkon's commitment to delivering every project to the highest quality standards.
• Yorkon, in partnership with award-winning architects Cartwright Pickard, launches a pioneering design for new school buildings in response to the Government's Building Schools for the Future initiative.
• Yorkon wins the award for the Best Off-site Specialist at the DTI sponsored Specialist Contractor Awards, for the second consecutive year.
• Yorkon launches a new finance package for the funding of school facilities built using off-site construction. This innovative solution, which uses operating lease finance, is a much faster and simpler alternative to the Private Finance Initiative.
• Yorkon hands over a new £5m primary school in East Kilbride, designed and built for South Lanarkshire Council. The project is the UK's first complete school to be built off-site.

2003

• Yorkon wins the award for the Best Modular Specialist at the DTI sponsored Specialist Contractor Awards, in recognition of its pioneering work in off-site construction.
• Yorkon is awarded the £9m contract to design and build a new three-storey healthcare facility for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The project is the UK's largest single hospital scheme to be built using modular construction.

2002

• Yorkon is the first modular building manufacturer to achieve approval from the Loss Prevention Certification Board for fire testing in line with the requirements of the Association of British Insurers.

2001

• Yorkon completes construction of the Ladies Walk Centre in Dudley - the UK's first purpose-designed facility for the Government's policy of service integration and the first private finance project to be built using off-site construction. The scheme went on to win the award for Most Innovative PFI Project under £10m in the Public Private Finance Awards 2001.

2000

• Yorkon is presented with the Innovation Award by the Steel Construction Institute and the British Constructional Steelwork Association. The Structural Steel Design Awards recognise the highest standards of structural and architectural design in the use of steel, and its potential in terms of efficiency, cost effectiveness, aesthetics and innovation.

1997

• Yorkon successfully completes a trial project for McDonald's to build a restaurant on a greenfield site in Peterborough in just 48 hours.