92% of Waste Recycled Using Modular Building Techniques
One of the benefits of modular building is the capability to recycle over 90% of the waste produced on site. A recent example of this can be seen at Havering College.
The College's Ardleigh Green Road Campus has plans to comprehensively redevelop the entire campus, but due to the current economic climate, redevelopment is not able to move forward as quickly as they would have liked.
A new temporary building, therefore, was proposed to replace G Block, which was in a poor condition and required replacing in order to function properly. The new building would provide accommodation for the Estates department, ancillary buildings and add a much needed Higher Education centre and training facilities in a central location.
The new temporary modular buildings were made to the College's specifications, replacing the original structures with a more pleasing aesthetic that matched the surrounding buildings and improved the visual impact of the site. The new, 840 square metre building was built using Unitrex and has a natural stone finish, aluminium windows and a complicated pitched roof design.
The college recognised Terrapin as the right company for the project: "There are a number of off site construction techniques, the best one on the market is arguably the Terrapin range of buildings which is the chosen method of construction for the building in this application. Terrapin respond quickly to deliver all the style and quality of a permanent building."
The new temporary building needed to be up and running by mid Sept 2010 in order to keep essential courses running and to avoid disruption to students and staff. Off site fabrication is the ideal solution to the short lead times often associated with educational buildings, allowing structures to be assembled in a short time during holidays and fitted out before occupation.
The modular building techniques used implement a number of environmental policies and procedures to prevent pollution and to minimise the harmful effect of their actions wherever possible. To achieve such a high percentage of recycled waste, the following aspects were effectively managed:
- Sustainably sourced raw materials;
- Reduction of the consumption of non-renewable sources;
- Efficient use of materials and equipment in product and construction processes;
- Waste and discharges to ensure that waste is minimised, recycled and re-used where possible, or disposed of in a responsible manner;
- Maintenance of site, buildings and employee environmental training.
Due to this sustainable practice, 92.36% of waste produced in constructing the temporary building at Havering Campus was able to be recycled, meaning just 7.64% was sent to landfill.
100% of aggregates, hard core, metals and plasterboard produced during the build was able to be recovered or recycled, totaling 10.43 tons of waste that otherwise would have ended up in a landfill.
Other materials, such as timber, cardboard, paper, plastic and glass were also recycled to the best of abilities, ranging from 55% to 98.92% of waste material being recycled. The grand total of material able to be recycled came to 20.18 tonnes - over 90% of the entire waste produced during the build.
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