A BLOCK of apartments in London that were built in York have won an industry award.
Portakabin subsidiary Yorkon built the Raines Court apartments in its factory, before shipping each module to London and fitting them together to create the apartments.
Modular construction, which involves building homes in a factory complete with fixtures and fittings before transporting them to a building site, is seen as the future of the construction industry.
It cuts down on risk and waste on building sites and enables quality testing in factories.
Yorkon won the best practice award at the British Construction Industry awards.
Published: 07/12/2004
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