FAQs
Construction Method
What method of construction does Sisk+Corus employ?
Corus Living Solutions (Sisk+Corus) is an offsite manufacturer of volumetric steel framed finished room modules employing the following technologies:
- Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
- Off Site Manufacturing (OSM)
- Modular Construction
Modular construction
What are the benefits of modular construction compared with traditional?
- Lightweight construction with reduced groundworks and foundation loads
- Speed of build for fast completion
- Reduced costs due to fast completion
- Integrated M&E building services
- Minimum disruption with fewer deliveries to site and rapid module installation
- Fully weather tight modular building during construction
- Platform for latest sustainability technologies (rainwater harvest / grey water recycling, solar water heating and power, and CCHP systems)
What are the benefits of Corus Living Solutions modular construction?
- Tight engineered tolerances of modular manufacture and installation
- Reduced site finishing – modules fully finished and painted at factory
- Directly employed site team, maximising H&S performance and build quality
- Minimum waste and CO2 emissions (both in factory and on site)
- Embedded Corus leadership in sustainability in construction
- 3D Inventor modelling for ‘up front’ module and building design
- Integration of façade and cladding including factory fitted (and aligned) connections
- Cladding and roofing attached directly to roof deck without need for shimming / packing
Design
Who designs the modules?
Sisk+Corus in-house design team collaborate with the client project team (architect, structural engineer, M&E consultant, project manager, cost consultant) as an expert supplier using 3D Inventor modelling for ‘up front’ module and building design.
Sisk+Corus use a concurrent design approach, utilising Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) techniques, considering manufacturing requirements at the same time as building configuration, module layout and structural design.
As a result, Sisk+Corus are technical leaders in modular construction in the UK. Our design capability includes architecture, structural and M&E building services engineering. We can support design with SAP, BREEAM and CFSH calculations. Our Structural Engineering partner checks all structural design loads and structural calculations.
What are the maximum Sisk+Corus module and room sizes?
The optimal size of the Sisk+Corus module is up to 8m long, 4m wide and 3m tall (width and height to conform with transport regulations in Europe). Multiple Sisk+Corus modules can be combined to produce larger open plan rooms.
What is the maximum module weight?
The weight of the Sisk+Corus module depends upon its size – a module 8m long x 4m wide x 3m tall will weigh up to 10 tonnes with all finishes and fixed furniture installed including lifting equipment.
What storey height can the modules be built to?
Sisk+Corus design modular buildings up to 8 storeys without need for additional stability structures. Sisk+Corus can design buildings up to 12 storeys using standard modules and separate stability structures (e.g. structural cores). With minor structural modifications to the modules Sisk+Corus can design taller buildings to meet project specific requirements.
How flexible is Sisk+Corus module design to change the internal layout of a dwelling?
Sisk+Corus can change module dimensions for single rooms or combine multiple modules to suit minimum or maximum room dimensions.
Sisk+Corus incorporate design flexibility to be creative with the shape of a module (e.g. curved facades and curved blocks).
Sisk+Corus can co-ordinate and integrate modules with more traditional elements of a building by using project specific connections.
Sisk+Corus can incorporate structural and M&E systems modifications to allow change of internal layout of a dwelling (e.g. Design for Life).