21 May 2014
Expanded Range of Colour Options for Yorkon Modular Buildings
The Portakabin Group has expanded the range of colours and design possibilities now available for buildings constructed using its Yorkon off-site solutions, giving architects, contractors and customers even greater aesthetic flexibility.
The latest building system available for Yorkon projects has been engineered to remove the need for external columns, creating seamless, flush façades. The palette of colours for the steel envelope has also been expanded from 20 to 55, giving architects and designers genuine creative freedom without having to specify secondary cladding.
The modular buildings can be finished in a wider range of colours to complement or contrast with adjacent schemes - or multiple shades and colours can be specified for a single façade to create a lively, vibrant and impactful exterior.
Other external finish options include render, brickwork, timber or rainscreen cladding, which can either be installed off site at the Portakabin production centre in York or on site according to programme and individual project requirements.
Yorkon off-site solutions now offer literally thousands of design configurations and permutations, manufactured with optimum efficiency to suit almost any site or building footprint. There is also the widest choice of glazing - from full height curtain walling to ribbon windows - and roofing options to create bespoke, landmark buildings and outstanding, award-winning architecture.
This unprecedented design flexibility is combined with the unrivalled efficiency of off-site construction that means reduced programme times, greater certainty of delivery on time and on budget, precision engineering in factory conditions for improved quality, less disruption during the build process, and stronger sustainability credentials.
The many applications of Yorkon off-site solutions include:
- Teaching facilities for schools, academies and colleges
- Hospital buildings, treatment centres and health clinics
- Highly complex laboratories for the chemical and nuclear sectors
- Commercial offices, control centres and amenity buildings for manufacturers
- Superstores, retail kiosks and convenience stores
- Passenger and operational facilities for railways, ports and airports.
For further information about Yorkon modular buildings, call 0845 2000 123, email contact@yorkon.co.uk or see www.yorkon.info.
Editor's Notes
1. Other features of Yorkon off-site building solutions include:
- Greater sustainability - insulation materials with an ozone depletion potential of zero and a global warming potential of less than 5; reduced vehicle movements to site by up to 90 per cent; manufacturing in line with a stringent waste management strategy and certified to ISO 14001; and performance well in excess of Building Regulations, minimising energy usage and running costs
- A new 30-year structural warranty for even greater peace of mind
- The option of using fewer, larger modules to reduce cranage, transport and site costs
- Module lengths from 6m to 18.75m that give even greater design and space planning flexibility and the option of using larger but fewer modules to reduce cranage, transport costs and site works, which is much more efficient
- Two module width options of 3m and 3.75m; three height options for single-storey buildings, and seven different heights for ground and intermediate floors on multi-storey schemes to facilitate linking to existing traditionally-constructed buildings
- Connections between modules that are carried out from inside the building, which is quicker and safer on site.
2. Yorkon and the Portakabin Group are registered trademarks.
3. Portakabin is a registered trademark which must only be used to refer to modular buildings that are known to have been manufactured by the Portakabin Group. Please note Portakabin is not a generic term.
