All of our businesses: Yorkon, Konstructa Hire, Foremans Relocatable Building Systems, Portaloo, Oecon, Allspace and Portakabin Group are being rebranded as Portakabin. We’re giving you more choice than ever before, still delivered on time and on budget and that’s a promise that will never change. We are rebranding because we want to make every experience […]
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Portakabin Group Joins Southern Modular Framework
Off-site construction specialist, the Portakabin Group, has been appointed to the Southern Modular Building Framework – a new framework which has been launched to facilitate the procurement of modular buildings for public sector projects across London, the South East and South West. Operated by Hampshire County Council, this new initiative aims to minimise procurement time […]
£2m Scheme at the University Hospital Southampton Complete after Less Than 5 Months on Site
After less than five months on site, the Portakabin Group has handed over a £2 million, four-storey scheme for office support staff at the University Hospital Southampton and to create space for further development, to the benefit of the local community. The new building was required to provide purpose-designed, permanent business support offices and meeting […]
Portakabin Group Hands Over 1st New School in £28m EFA Surrey and Kent Batch
Off-site construction specialist, the Portakabin Group, has handed over the first new school in the £28 million Surrey and Kent batch of the Priority School Building Programme. The £5.6 million building for Pyrford Primary School near Woking was successfully delivered on time and on budget. The scheme for 480 children has replaced two outdated 1960s […]
First Phase of £44 Million School Handed Over
The Portakabin Group has handed over the first phase of a £44 million school campus for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, which will be the UK’s largest free school campus. Constructed using a Yorkon off-site solution, the new special educational needs (SEN) school for Riverside Bridge has doubled its capacity in time for […]
The advantages of using a modular building
The advantages of using a modular building
Demand for off-site construction continues to increase in the UK’s manufacturing sector
The Portakabin Group is seeing a significant rise in demand for buildings in the manufacturing sector as more organisations look to expand their facilities using off-site construction. The Group’s latest project constructed using its Yorkon off-site solutions is for Totally Wicked – the first purpose-designed fluid production and technical facility for electronic cigarettes to […]
The science of building – how to design and procure for off-site construction
The Portakabin Group has updated its CPD training programme, which advises architects, contractors, engineers, facilities managers and other building professionals about working with advanced off-site construction solutions. The one-hour RIBA-accredited seminar looks at how to get the best out of off-site construction and the latest innovations and technical advancements in modular technology. Portakabin has been […]
Portakabin brings its off-site solutions to the Offsite Construction Show 2016
Portakabin will be showcasing its off-site solutions at the Offsite Construction Show 2016 at Excel in London on 12th and 13th October, stand B39. Its team of off-site specialists will be on hand to advise construction clients, architects, contractors and consultants about how to deliver new buildings more efficiently – with shorter programme times, less […]
School building delivered after just 18 weeks on site to help meet the rising demand for primary places in Leeds
The Portakabin Group has expanded a PFI primary school in Leeds to provide more than 200 additional places, helping to meet the increasing demand for primary education in the city. The scheme at Asquith Primary School was delivered after just 18 weeks on site using a Yorkon off-site solution – reducing the programme by at […]