Why Should Healthcare Adopt Modular Prefabricated Construction?
The year 2020 has been a devastation one! Looking at it in the rear view mirror would give us sights of deaths, a crumbling healthcare system and loss of livelihood for many. While everybody is on a preventive modus operandi, healthcare facility managers are on their toes preparing for another wave of the pandemic.
Several construction projects, many of which got delayed or shelved are being resumed. As a result, 2021 will certainly see an influx of hospital construction projects with shortened timelines, in order to deal with another emergency that is looming over. Modern problems need modern solution. So adopting a new mode of construction is imminent.
The answer to this is prefabrication and modular construction. They are growing trends in construction. In prefabrication, the building elements are constructed off site in factory and then shipped to the construction site for installation and assembly.
This process takes about half the time as compared to traditional construction. The modular sections are installed one by one and the end result is a modern alternative to civil construction, without any compromise in quality.
As modular construction becomes more mainstream in the healthcare sector, one may wonder why the industry should adopt this trend. To determine whether modular prefab construction is the right for your business, this blog post enumerates some unmatched benefits of modular construction.
While it is pertinent to make a primary evaluation into a potential prefab vendor, but it’s also important to consider both the benefits of prefabricated construction before moving ahead.
Stay ahead of your planned schedule
Although both modular and traditional construction begins with a well detailed design plan, modular construction soon whizzes past! Fast construction is the biggest selling point of prefabricated construction. While the foundation gets ready on site, construction of building materials take place off site simultaneously.
So there is no delay resulting from changing weather conditions. You stay ahead of schedule. To compare both the modes of construction, a project that can take 12 months the traditional way, can be completed in 90 to 120 days with prefabrication.
A reliable construction process that can be repeated
The off site mode of construction in prefab makes it very reliable with its streamlined processes. For healthcare professionals, this offers enormous peace of mind, since they know their project will get completed within the projected timeline and will not impact the budget.
The building components are made in a controlled environment and quality check is done before before delivery.
Once your healthcare facility is built with prefab, the design can easily be repeated for other facilities of the same type. This will ensure that projects get completed faster.
Also, standardised look and design breeds familiarity among people which is turn contributes to brand building.
Cost effective mode of construction
Modular construction is cost effective, as everyone is aware of. This made it all the reason to adopt modular at a time when the pandemic has put financial strain on every business. Cost overruns can be avoided by streamlined processes of prefab construction.
Besides, the construction and installation happens with machinery so chances of human error occurring are minimal. So with less manual labour and reduced time the cost incurred is less as well.
With the surge in demand for healthcare construction post pandemic, it is imperative to adopt prefab construction to meet shortened timelines.
EPACK Prefab has over two decades of manufacturing experience, catering to all kinds of projects big and small. Our portfolio includes projects for commercial, institutional and industrial sectors. With our own manufacturing unit and personnel, our service and delivery network is spans the entire country.
