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Volumetric manufacture, Modular Building, Sectional Building, Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), Structural panels, Off-site Construction,there are a bewildering number of terms in the marketplace as companies jostle to associate themselves with factory production techniques.

Rollalong have used volumetric factory production as our principle method of delivery since 1932. Manufacture of large building sections and components are fundamental to any Rollalong project.

Why Change From Established Construction Methods?

The necessity to adopt Volumetric construction was originally highlighted by the Lord Egan report "Rethinking Construction" aimed at achieving exceptional improvements in the design, customer satisfaction and sustainability of the UK construction industry.

The task force proposed seven targets for improvement, which underpin "Rethinking Construction" namely:

Factory Construction is the Future of Building


Modules are manufactured in a quality controlled and efficiently managed factory resulting in fewer defects, fewer accidents, less waste, controlled conditions leading to increased productivity and a more sustainable product.

Whilst the modular / sectional units are manufactured in the factory all site works such as foundations and roadways can be completed simultaneously which significantly reduces the project programme time,

The units are delivered to site and the final stages of construction are completed.

The Key Success Factor to Offsite Construction
– Module Size

Rollalong builds some of the largest modules in the industry, the huge multi-room modules, mean fewer modules are required and consequently fewer transport journeys (less carbon), less craneage and connections, less working at height and a faster completion time.

Rollalong modules can be a variety of sizes but the most off-site construction benefits are gained from the largest modules. Importantly the modules are all designed specifically to fit on transport with standard delivery charges.