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Determining the Future of British Housing Building Methods: An Analysis of UK Offsite Construction

Part 1 Dissertation 2022
Coree Bridgen
University of Wolverhampton Wolverhampton | UK
This research aimed to investigate if perceptions have changed enough for the ability to design using offsite construction to surpass traditional “Brick and Mortar” in the sustainability, build and design quality of British homes. This concept provides an insight into whether offsite construction of houses could be used to aid the endeavour for a sustainable built environment that can be produced at a quick rate without jeopardising quality. Adopting a deductive approach, the research was conducted using a survey to find both qualitative and quantitative data. The sample size was twenty-five people. Analysing the qualitative results using a three-step coding system that would provide three themes. The findings were unpredicted in that: people thought environmentally sustainable houses would be built to poor quality, this would have no relationship with how the houses were built. The research findings suggest people’s perceptions of offsite construction, used in housing, are no longer impeded by the failed concrete attempts of the 1950s. Supporting the existing notion that offsite construction could be used for low-rise single-family housing within the UK to provide a sustainable, quick and cheap method of building houses, provided that there are measures in place to avoid a decline in build quality.

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David Heesom
2022
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