‘Topping out’ ceremony at the UK’s first modular barn surgical theatre 

The UK’s first modular barn surgical theatre is being built by leading offsite manufacturing specialist, Premier Modular. On Friday 3 November, the company achieved a major milestone in the delivery of the project, and along with the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, held a ‘topping out’ ceremony at the new multimillion-pound surgical centre. In … Read more

Supporting government focus on STEM: Inside Leeds City College’s new campus 

Modular Buildings for Leeds City College. New Facility built using offsite building solutions

Leeds City College’s new Printworks Campus offers three storeys of high-quality classrooms to provide engineering and design courses to 16-18 year olds. The new campus modified the grade II-listed site into a contemporary hub. As one of the largest and best-preserved printworks in Leeds, sustaining the heritage of the building was essential, which was accomplished … Read more

The importance of infrastructure: high quality, sustainable environments to support wellbeing and productivity  

With the construction industry facing a rise in complicated outputs and strict deadlines, it’s imperative that infrastructure projects are completed to a high specification and within the planned timeframes.  Offsite production can support onsite personnel in an efficient, effective and sustainable manner while facilitating the timely delivery of vital infrastructure facilities and services.  Current trends … Read more

UK’s first modular barn surgical theatre broadens NHS healthcare horizons 

Premier Modular is constructing the first modular barn surgical theatre in the United Kingdom.  As the newest addition to Maidstone Hospital in Kent, the transformational orthopaedic section will be named as the Kent and Medway Orthopaedic Centre. The Centre will provide care for people from across the area and expand the capacity of Maidstone and … Read more

Can modular building reignite the construction industry’s economy?

Three of our construction workers looking at the plans for a modular building project, with modular units in the middle of construction.

Decreasing activity in residential construction, the decline in traditional skilled labour and the looming retirement crisis are all having a significant impact on the construction industry’s economy. The latter in particular is fuelling labour inflation, with one in five builders currently aged 50 or over. In tandem with the growing cost of materials and continued … Read more