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Within
four
days,
Buma
System
erected
an eight-flat
building
in London.
The
structure
was
brought
in the
form
of modules
from
Kraków,
Poland.
The
modules
can
be disassembled
and
relocated
to another
plot
in the
future.
The
British
partner
of the
Buma,
the
Hyde
Group,
is planning
to construct
150
flats
a year
based
on the
technology
originating
from
Kraków.
Six
workers
were
erecting
one
floor
of the
three-floor
building
at Barling
Court,
Stockwell,
a day,
and
the
building
was
ready
to occupy,
with
finished
elevations,
services,
bathrooms
and
kitchens
furnished
with
furniture.
Before
the
workers
started
to assemble
the
house
on site,
the
site
had
required
two-month
preparation:
demolition
of old
garages
and
construction
of 1.5
m foundation
footing,
with
pipes
for
services.
Unfortunately,
the
pipes
were
misplaced
and
the
openings
in foundations
had
to be
reworked
after
modules
had
arrived
from
Kraków,
which
delayed
the
completion
term
by one
day.
That
fact
only
demonstrated
that
the
technology
requires
ideal
precision
not
only
in the
Plant
where
the
volumetric
steel
structures,
with
insulation,
plastering
and
coating,
fixed
joinery
and
carpeting,
are
constructed.
The
finished
volumetric
modules
are
later
fixed
to galvanised-steel
anchors
mounted
in the
footing,
and
the
whole
building
is erected
of such
modules
placed
either
on top
or next
to each
other.
They
are
bolted,
with
the
tolerance
of +/-
2 mm.
"Our
technology
was
evaluated
as the
most
advanced
solution
with
respect
to accuracy,
quality
and
disassembly
option.
Previously,
similar
modules
were
produced
only
with
the
idea
to erect
them
quickly
on site.
Nobody
thought
of possible
disassembly
and
relocation,
said
Mr.
Jacek
Michalski,
Director
General
of the
Buma
System
S.A.
The
capability
of relocation
is especially
important
in London
where
land
prices
are
so high
that
it is
economic
to erect
buildings
on land
which
is available
temporarily,
e.g.
on the
location
of a
future
runway
designed
for
Gatwick.
The
disassembly
option
creates
even
more
possibilities.
"Our
demonstration
building
in Kraków
was
dismounted
and
erected
nine
times
before
it was
sold
to our
customer.
If our
customer’s
family
becomes
bigger,
he will
be able
to sell
the
structure
and
order
a larger
one
for
his
plot.
The
process
of replacement
will
take
more
than
a week,"
convinced
us Mr.
Michalski.
The
Buma
building
completed
in London
is designated
for
the
so-called
key
workers
of the
public
sector:
teachers,
nurses,
policemen
or firemen,
who
may
not
afford
to lease
their
flats
on the
free
market
in central
locations
of the
city,
and
that
is why
local
authorities
decided
to offer
a low
rent
to them:
100
pounds
a week.
That
amount
results
from
the
construction
costs
of 1,260
pounds
per
square
metre
(12%
less
than
in case
of a
traditional
technology
and
20%
less
in comparison
to other
modular
systems
applied
in the
United
Kingdom).
"We
enjoy
the
situation
of lower
building-material
and
labour
prices
in Poland.
This
single
product
may
not
be suitable
for
our
market,
because
its
price
depends
on the
size
of production,
which
is not
large
enough
yet,"
explained
Mr.
Michalski.
By
Paweł
Jasica
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