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02/03/2007
Yorkon Exceeds Targets for Air Permeability by up to 70 per cent
Full-scale tests for air permeability carried out by award-winning off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , have shown that its buildings consistently perform up to 70...
07/02/2007
Yorkon awarded £1m contract to build new airport terminal
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , has been awarded the £1m contract to build a new purpose-designed airport terminal at Maes Awyr Ynys Mon Anglesey...
30/01/2007
Yorkon Publishes Guide to New Design Options
Off-site construction specialist, Yorkon – winner of the Innovator of the Year Award – has launched a new guide to the expanded range of design options and technical advancements for...
23/01/2007
How Off-site Construction is Meeting the Sustainability Challenge for New Buildings
David Johnson, Director and General Manager of award-winning off-site specialists, Yorkon, looks at how modular construction is meeting the sustainability challenge and helping to deliver new...
17/01/2007
Yorkon Scores Sustainability First
Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon – winner of the Innovator of the Year award – has achieved another industry first by becoming the first off-site construction specialist to introduce a...
06/12/2006
Yorkon Wins Major Industry Award for Fourth Consecutive Year
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , has won the award for Innovator of the Year – the fourth consecutive year it has been honoured with a Specialist...
06/11/2006
Yorkon to Present New Shaped Modules and Design Options at Futurebuild
Modular building specialists, Yorkon, will be showcasing their off-site construction services at Futurebuild 2007 and launching a range of new design options. The new innovations in off-site...
20/09/2006
Yorkon Completes Contracts Totalling £5M to Build New Healthcare Facilities at Surrey Hospital
Healthcare construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed contracts totalling more than £5m to build new hospital facilities at St Peter’s Hospital in...
30/08/2006
Yorkon Hands Over £3M Adult Education Centre in Lewisham On Time and On Budget
Award-winning off-site construction specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has handed over a new £3m adult education centre in Lewisham, just 13 weeks after arrival of the building...
14/06/2006
New Design for Tesco Express Modular Stores
Following a 12-month development programme, off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, is to manufacture a new design for Tesco's Express convenience stores. Yorkon has...
13/06/2006
Yorkon Completes Fourth Scheme at Whipps Cross University Hospital
Yorkon has completed its fourth contract at Whipps Cross University Hospital in East London. This latest project brings the total value of work completed by Yorkon at the hospital to more than...
26/05/2006
Yorkon Proves the Case that Off-site Construction is Safer than Site-based Building Methods
Research carried out by Yorkon has shown that its approach to off-site construction is significantly safer than traditional site-based building methods. Analysis of Yorkon's health and safety...
18/04/2006
Yorkon Launches New DVD for Healthcare Professionals
Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon – winner of the Off-site Manufacturing Specialist of the Year award for the past three years – has launched a new DVD to illustrate how off-site...
27/03/2006
Yorkon Delivers More Than 90% of Projects on Time and on Budget, Exceeding Industry Averages
Research carried out by off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , has shown that it has delivered 96 per cent of building projects on time and 94 per cent on budget...
02/03/2006
Yorkon Strengthens Management Team with Three New Appointments
Award-winning off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , has made three new appointments to further strengthen its management and business development teams. After 13...
10/02/2006
Yorkon Hands Over £11m ISTC a Week Early
Healthcare construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has handed over a new £11m independent treatment centre a week ahead of schedule. Yorkon's contract, awarded by AMEC,...
17/01/2006
Yorkon Awarded Two New Office Building Contracts
Yorkon , winner of the Off-site Manufacturing Specialist of the Year award for the third consecutive year, has just been awarded two new office building contracts worth in the region of £2m....
05/12/2005
Yorkon Awarded £2.8m Contract for New Adult Education Centre
Award-winning off-site construction specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, is to build a new £2.8m adult education centre for Lewisham Council. Due for completion in Spring 2006,...
22/11/2005
Yorkon Wins Major Industry Award for 3rd Consecutive Year
Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , has won a major industry award for an unprecedented third consecutive year, in recognition of its pioneering work in off-site construction and its ongoing...
24/10/2005
Off-site Scheme in Manchester Wins String of Awards for Design, Architecture and Innovation
A ground-breaking project built by off-site construction specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has now won five prestigious awards for innovation, design and architecture. Moho, which...
26/09/2005
Yorkon Awarded Contracts Totalling £5m at Surrey Hospital
Award-winning off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been awarded contracts totalling more than £5m to build new healthcare facilities at St. Peter's...
20/09/2005
Yorkon Launches Whole Life Costing Tool - A Modular Industry First
Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon – winner of the Off-site Manufacturing Specialist of the Year award – has achieved what is believed to be a modular industry first with the launch of a...
01/09/2005
Yorkon Completes First Independent Sector Treatment Centre to be Built Off-site
Award-winning off-site construction specialist, Yorkon, has completed the first Independent Sector Treatment Centre to be built off-site. The £12m Shepton Mallet NHS Treatment Centre was...
16/08/2005
Yorkon Awarded Second Independent Treatment Centre Contract
Award-winning off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been awarded its second contract for a new independent treatment centre for the NHS. The £6m...
14/07/2005
Yorkon Appointed Sole Modular Supplier for Tesco Express
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been appointed sole modular supplier for Tesco Express for the second consecutive year. Since forming the partnership...
13/06/2005
Yorkon Launches New Finance Package for Healthcare Buildings
Award-winning off-site construction specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , has introduced a new finance package for the funding of healthcare facilities built using modular...
18/05/2005
Yorkon Launches DVDs for Health and Education Professionals
Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon – winner of the Off-site Manufacturing Specialist of the Year award – has launched two new DVDs to illustrate how off-site construction can be used in...
17/05/2005
Yorkon Completes Second School Building Contract for South Lanarkshire Council
Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon – winner of the Off-site Manufacturing Specialist of the Year award – has completed its second school building contract for South Lanarkshire Council....
25/03/2005
Yorkon Awarded 50th Contract for Tesco
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been awarded its 50 th contract for the UK's biggest supermarket retailer, Tesco. Yorkon is now the sole modular...
25/03/2005
Yorkon Hands Over New School in Just 5 Months
Off-site construction specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon , has completed the design and construction of a new school for Leeds City Council. The 1,000 sqm facility for children with...
14/02/2005
Yorkon Completes New Cardiac Unit and Reduces Construction Time by 30 Per Cent
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed the design and construction of a new £2.3m cardiac suite at Lister Hospital in Stevenage, which is part of...
28/01/2005
New Independent Sector Treatment Centre Arrives on Site in Somerset
Modular building specialist, Yorkon, has completed manufacture of the UK's first independent treatment centre to be built off-site. The new 4,100 sqm hospital was craned into position at Shepton...
03/12/2004
Yorkon Wins Top Construction Industry Award for Second Consecutive Year
Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has won a major industry award for the second consecutive year, in recognition of its pioneering work in off-site construction. At an event held at the Park Lane...
30/11/2004
Yorkon Building Wins Major Industry Award for Best Practice
A ground-breaking project, manufactured off-site by Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon, has won a major industry award at this year's British Construction Industry Awards. The awards recognise...
16/11/2004
Yorkon Awarded Contract for 1st Independent Treatment Centre to be Built Off-site
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, is to design and build an innovative, independent treatment centre in Somerset – the UK's first to be built using modular...
18/10/2004
Yorkon Introduces Pioneering Design for New School Buildings
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin Group subsidiary, Yorkon , in partnership with award-winning architects Cartwright Pickard, has launched a pioneering design for new school...
23/07/2004
First Modular Manufacturer to Achieve Independent Fire Test Approval
Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon is the first modular building manufacturer to achieve approval from the Loss Prevention Certification Board (LPCB) for fire testing in line with the recommendations of...
16/07/2004
Yorkon awarded new contracts worth £3m
Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon has been awarded new building contracts worth in excess of £3m in the past month. The York-based off-site construction specialists are to provide a...
02/06/2004
Pizza Hut forms partnership with Yorkon in move to off-site construction
Pizza Hut, the UK's leading pizza brand, has formed a partnership with Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon, for the construction of a number of new restaurants which will be manufactured off-site. The...
26/05/2004
Yorkon awarded 1st NHS Procure 21 project
Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon, has been awarded its first NHS ProCure 21 project. The £1 million contract for HBG Construction is for the construction of a new two-storey facility on the roof...
25/05/2004
Office building design - tips for specifiers
Getting Started Learn about the benefits of modular building. Benefits for office buildings include safer sites, better quality, less disruption, improved levels of insulation, less wastage...
02/05/2004
Yorkon completes UK's largest hospital scheme built off-site
Click here to receive a free video covering the construction of this facility. Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed a £9m contract to design...
06/04/2004
Yorkon awarded contract for the UK's first apartments scheme in the private sector built off-site
The award winning developer Urban Splash has placed an order for its new 102-apartments scheme, Moho at Castlefield in Manchester, with modular building specialists and Portakabin subsidiary,...
23/03/2004
Yorkon hands over first complete school to be built off-site
Modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has handed over a new £5m primary school, which is believed to be the UK's first complete school to be built off-site. The...
24/02/2004
Yorkon launches new finance package for school buildings
Yorkon, a subsidiary of Portakabin, has introduced a new finance package for the funding of school facilities built using off-site construction. This innovative solution is a much faster and...
14/11/2003
Pioneering classroom project built by Yorkon wins CABE award
A pioneering classroom project built by modular construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has won the 2003 Building Sights Award. Sponsored by CABE (the Commission for...
15/08/2003
Construction now underway for first complete school to be built off-site
Modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been awarded the £5m design and build contract for what is believed to be the UK's first complete school to be built...
03/07/2003
Pioneering factory-built housing scheme wins 2 major awards
The ground-breaking Sixth Avenue Apartments in York – the first factory-built multi-storey affordable housing scheme outside London – has been awarded Best Housing Association...
25/06/2003
Yorkon completes new paediatric department and endoscopy unit at old church hospital in just 7 months
Modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed construction of a new paediatric department and endoscopy unit at Old Church Hospital in Romford, in just seven months....
07/05/2003
Yorkon awarded contract for UK's largest healthcare scheme to be built off-site
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has won a £7.5m contract to design and build a new three-storey healthcare facility for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS...
09/04/2003
Yorkon awarded third contract at Salisbury District Hospital
Off-construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been awarded its third project – and a second extension to an existing modular building – at Salisbury District...
10/03/2003
Reducing trolley waiting times at Whipps Cross University Hospital
The local population of East London is to benefit from a new Emergency Medicine Centre at Whipps Cross University Hospital to tackle trolley waiting times. Modular building specialist and...
13/02/2003
Children from Telford visit their 'classroom of the future' in York
Children from two schools in Telford have visited modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, to see at first hand their new ‘Classroom of the Future' being built off-site in...
17/01/2003
Yorkon wins £1.7m contract at Whipps Cross Hospital
Modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has won a £1.7m contract to provide a new Emergency Medicine Centre, extending the accident and emergency department at Whipps...
14/01/2003
Yorkon wins £1.4m affordable housing contract
Off-site construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been awarded a £1.4m contract to build 30 new homes for East Thames Housing Group. The £3m scheme will help to...
08/01/2003
Yorkon doubles production capacity for affordable housing
Modular building manufacturer and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has doubled production capacity for its living accommodation module at its 60-acre manufacturing centre in York. The move is in...
03/12/2002
Yorkon to build 'classroom of the future' in Telford
Modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has been appointed by the Borough of Telford & Wrekin to build a ‘Classroom of the Future' for two local schools. The...
29/11/2002
Pioneering factory-built housing scheme wins RICS award
The first factory-built multi-storey affordable housing scheme outside London has won a Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors regional award 2002 for Design and Innovation. Developed by the...
01/11/2002
Yorkon gives evidence to House of Commons Select Committee on affordable housing
Modular building manufacturer and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has given evidence to a House of Commons Select Committee Inquiry looking at the issue of affordable housing. Keith Blanshard,...
17/08/2002
New City learning centre in London
Yorkon's steel-framed modular building system has been used to provide students at Highbury Grove School in London with one of the new City Learning Centres, giving them the opportunity to use the...
04/07/2002
Carmarthenshire NHS Trust pioneers use of off-site construction for challenging theatre scheme
A challenging and complex project has been completed by modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, to build a new three-storey theatre and endoscopy unit at West Wales General...
18/04/2002
Pioneering affordable housing scheme in York completed
The first factory-built multi-storey affordable housing scheme outside London has been completed in York. Developed by the Yorkshire Housing Group in partnership with City of York Council, the...
09/04/2002
Construction of the London City Airport Jet Centre - now well advanced
Construction of the new London City Airport Jet Centre is now well advanced with the arrival of the building on site. Off-site construction specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon,...
10/01/2002
Yorkon manufactures its 200th restaurant for McDonalds
Pioneer of modular construction and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed its 200th restaurant for McDonald's. Since 1993, Yorkon has manufactured restaurants at its 60-acre production...
17/10/2001
Yorkon builds its first convenience stores for Tesco Express off-site in York
Modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed construction of its first convenience stores for Tesco Express. The stores at South Oxhey in Hertfordshire, Olton in...
17/10/2001
Yorkon to build 'off the shelf' Tesco Express stores in 12 months
The UK's biggest supermarket retailer, Tesco, has formed a partnership with modular building specialists and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, to build ‘Express' convenience stores nationwide over...
28/08/2001
Yorkon completes construction of new site headquarters for Syngenta in Scotland
Modular construction specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has completed construction of new office and laboratory facilities at Grangemouth for Syngenta, the world's leading agribusiness...
02/08/2001
New Endoscopy unit for Carmarthenshire NHS Trust delivered in five days
Speed, precision and minimising disruption to patient care were hallmarks of the operation to build the new Endoscopy Unit at West Wales General Hospital. A total of 38 building modules have been...
24/07/2001
First factory-built affordable housing scheme outside London is launched
Yorkshire Housing and City of York Council have announced the start of the first affordable housing scheme outside London to be built in a factory. Built on a brownfield site in York, the...
05/07/2001
Northallerton Healthcare completes ward expansion plan
Northallerton Healthcare NHS Trust has expanded its ward accommodation at Friarage Hospital following the transfer of Ministry of Defence health services from Catterick Garrison to Northallerton....
05/07/2001
Users welcome new mental health and learning disability centre in Newark
One of the first smaller PFI projects to be undertaken in the UK has been completed in Newark. Designed and built by Portakabin subsidiary and modular building specialists Yorkon, the...
05/07/2001
Yorkon wins two safety awards from the world's leading Agribusiness
Syngenta, the world's leading agribusiness company, has presented York-based modular building specialist and Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, with two awards for safety in its annual Engineering,...
20/06/2001
Modular Building - echoing a school's teaching philosophy through design
Yorkon's steel-framed modular building system has been used to provide new teaching accommodation for a primary school in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. The £600,000 two-storey...
13/05/2001
Murray Grove factory-built housing wins 9th award
A building manufactured by York-based Portakabin subsidiary, Yorkon, has won a 2002 Civic Trust Award, bringing the total number of awards for this pioneering project to 9. The acclaimed...