Reuse the engineering, reduce delivery risk and focus project effort where it creates the most value.
The Seismic Platform® makes project delivery up to 75% faster than traditional construction and offers up to a 33% speed improvement compared to standard modular construction. That is because of the potential to save significant time at the design stage. Every project starts with a standard base module tailored to the client's specific needs.
And, because it uses standardised components, manufacturers can keep materials in stock and operate a rolling production programme, reducing the time spent on procurement. This time saving continues at the final assembly, with onsite labour also reduced.
There are safety benefits, too. For example, the frame is bolted together rather than welded and completed under factory conditions, allowing better quality control. It perfectly demonstrates why a platform-based approach is the way forward. Components are made in many different factories before being assembled in one place, factory or site, ready for installation. Clients are not beholden to one supplier, significantly reducing project risk.
This approach can improve cost certainty through defined components, repeatable details and earlier supply-chain planning.
The Seismic Platform® offers significant reductions in operational and embodied carbon through design efficiency, materials selection and manufacturing effectiveness, leading to limited wastage.
The end quality also means that performance is improved. For example, air tightness is easier through a precise and repeatable manufacturing process. And, while a basic module performs well against sustainability criteria, clients can switch to higher-performing components to improve performance, too.
The stated reduction of up to 70% is benchmarked against the UK Government’s Construction 2025 baseline. Actual embodied and operational carbon outcomes depend on the project design, specification, manufacturing route and energy strategy.
A standard Seismic module comprises 581.3kgCO2e per m2. That compares favourably against industry targets:
• Construction 2025: 1,300 kgCO2e per m2
• RIBA target: 800 kgCO2e per m2 (then 550 kgCO2e per m2 by 2030)
• 2020 target: 600 kgCO2e per m2
• 2025 target: 350 kgCO2e per m2
Working with The Seismic Platform® creates value across the project programme and beyond.
Standard elements (e.g. a classroom, a hospital ward, an office) are easily repeated, freeing up time to focus on the areas that add the most value to the design and create a quality sense of place for end users.
At scale, a rolling programme can be managed with factories working at capacity to build modules suitable for any project. Manufacture can be done across the industry with multiple manufacturers.
Site preparation works occur in parallel with the manufacturing process, saving time and reducing the critical path.
Factory manufacture and reduced on-site activity can lower exposure to common construction hazards while improving control of repetitive tasks and quality-critical operations.
Components and assemblies are developed against defined performance requirements, supported by testing and repeatable factory-controlled processes.
Every component is tracked, tagged, and linked to a 3D model, allowing for a fully traceable process for every component that goes into a module.
This aligns with the Hackitt Report recommendations for a digital golden thread and makes for a safer, easier-to-maintain building. It also makes it easier to keep track of components and reuse them for other projects.
Because modules use a standard kit of parts, material waste during production and assembly can be reduced.
Likewise, site waste is kept to a minimum and at the end of the building’s life, most of the components can be reused or recycled.
MMC creates opportunities to reskill the existing workforce, bring new people into construction, address skills shortages and increase diversity by simplifying and standardising suitable production and assembly tasks.
Seismic is a component-based system built on a standard frame, and modules are easy to adapt throughout the lifecycle of the building. Components can also be recycled and used for other projects in the future.
