With offsite construction and the prefabricated building systems market booming, a new ‘Prefabricated Solutions’ service from Elta Fans is now available for a wide range of its fans. The solution is set to help cut installation costs and speed up building projects with greater efficiency and compliance while enhancing site safety.

Modern Methods of Construction and offsite initiatives are growing exponentially across the UK. To highlight this, earlier this year, the Crown Commercial Services selected 29 firms to be part of the £10bn Offsite Construction Solutions framework, with public sector buildings across healthcare, education, justice and defence all expected to swing toward modular construction.

Elta Fans’ Prefabricated Solutions service is ideal for specifiers and contractors working on commercial building projects of any scale. Fans and ancillaries, such as acoustic equipment, mounts, panels, flexible connections, fan controls and more, can all be assembled offsite and delivered as a compliant assembly. These are then ready for crane lifting, resulting in quick, efficient installation. The ventilation and air movement manufacturer is one of the first in its sector to offer this kind of solution across multiple fan types and ranges.

Colin Moss from Elta Fans has pioneered the service and elaborates on the multiple benefits specifiers and contractors can gain by going down the prefabricated assembly route. He said: “Installing individual components on-site can be a cumbersome and time sensitive task. It requires ample storage and working space, leading to congestion on busy sites and increasing the potential for site safety issues. The collection and assembly of various parts can also be time-consuming, causing delays to projects.

“Not only this, but site time is costly, and labour costs can quickly add up when dealing with unnecessarily complex, site installations. With Prefabricated Solutions by Elta Fans, these challenges are a thing of the past, and you can manage these expenses and have better quality control of the finished product.”

A key benefit of the new service from Elta Fans is the provision of both acoustic and air flow performance data when engineering a solution. Using Elta Fans selection software, theAcoustic performance data can be supplied at the initial stages to help simplify the process for specifiers and contractors. This means an engineered acoustic solution can be developed from the start, and there is no need to re-select or re-calculate separately were they sourcing these components from elsewhere.

Elta Fans’ Prefabricated Solutions service means units are built to the highest standards within a controlled factory environment. The company, which has UK-manufacturing sites in Kingswinford, Fareham, and Colchester, holds ISO 9001 accreditation for quality management, guaranteeing that finished products are reliable, durable, and ready on time.

Luke Hammond, Applications Specialist of Elta Fans explains that prefabricated assembly of fans also unlocks a host of other benefits. These include a more streamlined design process, offering simpler compliance with both ‘The Golden Thread’ and environmental requirements while reducing disruption to the local community, and other related site activities.

“Gone are the days of waiting for single components to be delivered to the site, which can get lost or damaged while other elements of the project are in transit. With our Prefabricated Solutions service, all necessary components are packaged together, ensuring a hassle-free delivery,” said Luke.

“Preassembled units also mean other costly, disruptive activities on-site, such as crane lifting and road closures, can be minimised. Shipping materials like pallets, packaging and strapping is all reduced as well, and with better overall coordination, Prefabricated Solutions allows workforces to focus on boosting productivity in other areas.”

For more about Elta Fans and its Prefabricated Solutions service, visit http://www.eltafans.com/prefabricated-solutions

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