Notes from the factory floor.
Technical and industry writing on prefabricated construction, energy efficiency and sustainability — for the professionals and developers we build with.
Eight apartments inside a Zeeland barn, with under a month on site
In Brouwershaven, Zeeland, a barn conversion adds eight timber-frame apartments. Panel production takes five to six weeks and runs parallel to the groundwork; the complete shell stands in under a month on site.
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Cut a panel, heat the hall
Every panel leaves offcuts behind. At Uniqa they are collected and burned to heat the production halls; everything else is sorted into its own waste stream.
180+ countries, one winner each, Moldova's was a wall factory
Uniqa was the 2021 national winner of the Energy Globe Award Moldova. A short brief on who gives the award, what its experts assess, and what they recognised.
The heating bill is decided in the factory
A continuous insulation layer, certified Steico materials, cuts made indoors: why Uniqa builds to nZEB-aligned performance even where local law doesn't require it.
Twelve metres, seven layers: inside the Uniqa Wall System
C24 frame, engineered insulation, membranes and boards: what a Uniqa Wall System panel is, what arrives on the truck, and what it does to your build programme.
Eight homes with Build & Grow, no charity spec
Eight homes built for a charitable project with Build & Grow, produced on the same line, to the same standards, as any commercial order.