Case Studies

 

Lillie Road, UK

 

Notable Features
bullet Prefabricated modular residential construction
bullet Steel panels for the floors, walls and ceilings
bullet Light gauge steel structure

Basic Information
Location :
Lillie Road, Fulham, West London, UK
Building Type :
Residential
Contract Period :

January 2002 - April 2003

Contract Sum :
£7.4 m
Client :
Peabody Trust
Architect :
Feilden Clegg Bradley
Structural Engineer :
Michael Barclay Partnership
E&M Engineer :
Max Fordham and Partners
Main Contractor :
(modules/steel panels)
Forge Llewellyn/Ayrshire Metal Products
Cost Consultant :
Walker Management
.
Overview
 

 
The project includes 65 homes, a mix of apartments, maisonettes and 3 to 4 bedroom houses arranged in 3 blocks, the largest of which rises to 6-storeys.
 
 
Awards
 
bullet 2001 RIBA Project Award in the Housing Design category
 
Contractor's Contract
 
Forge Llewellyn
http://www.forge-llewellyn.co.uk
 
Unit 13.3.2 The Leathermarket
Weston Street, London SE1 3ER, UK
Phone: 00 44(0)207 357 7323
Fax: 00 44(0) 207 3578157
Email: contactus@forge-llewellyn.co.uk
 
Ayrshire Metal Products
http://www.ayrshire.co.uk
 
Sources
 
bullet Steeling Times, Summer 2002, Forge Llewellyn Ltd.
bullet Smith J., Prefabs with a difference, Homes, July 2002
   
Prefabricated Modules and Structure
 
Innovative system: The semi-modular scheme in which the bathroom and part of the hallway were made as modules in the factory, whereas the rest of the house was assembled on-site from steel, load bearing panels.
 
 
The structure was in light gauge steel. The building facades included terracotta cladding system which was supported by prefabricated aluminum frames, expressed hot rolled structural steel sections and cantilevering balconies.
 
The houses, maisonettes and apartments were fitted with 7 basic types of pods, each spanning from party wall to party wall, at a width of around 4.2 m and more than 2 m in length. Each pod weighed just over a ton. The contractor provided 1500 prefabricated steel frames and 56 innovative structural bathroom modules.
Construction Phases
The building time was estimated to be 25% faster than traditional construction.
Cost
Cost consultant Walker Management carried out a value-for-money analysis of traditional, volumetric and light-gauge steel-build methods for the project and all three emerged with similar results.
 

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