Innovaré Systems – Offsite construction specialists delivering bespoke solutions for education, residential and healthcare sectors

Working in construction comes with its fair share of risks. From operating heavy machinery, working at heights, or handling dangerous materials, health and safety have always been put on the line for traditional construction projects. With offsite construction, there is less labor to be done onsite, reducing the number of injuries, health hazards, and worker’s compensation claims. Offsite construction is the way of the future, and for a good reason. Modular and prefabricated construction is becoming increasingly popular for residential, institutional, and commercial building, and manufacturers see boosts in demand for prefabricated products worldwide.

Innovaré Systems Ltd is the UK’s only supplier of SIPs, or structurally insulated panels that offers a complete service from design to delivery. Based in Coventry, Innovare specialises in off-site modular construction for clients in the educational, residential and healthcare sectors. Their design and construction methods reduce waste, guarantee compliance and ensure a predictable timeline. Between their office, factory and site operations, Innovaré currently employs around 150 people. As Innovaré have historically worked as subcontractors, they have found themselves using a wide range of software solutions for different tasks, including defect management. Over time, they found that this continuous movement between systems was inefficient and led to their data being scattered. The challenge was therefore to find a single system that could consolidate or replace existing software that was being used for snagging, defect resolution and quality assurance.

Offsite Construction Products Offered

I-SIP: Whatever the complexity, scale or ambition of your project they believe the i-SIP building system offers the simplest, most reliable and best value solution for Structural Insulated Panels or SIP construction. Structurally strong, large format SIP panels fit together easily and precisely, offering a quicker way to create a thermally insulated and watertight structure.  Time is significantly reduced with sip panel offsite through a combination of factors: Less time onsite, greater productivity onsite, minimal weather impact, and more predictable build time. With more confidence in the schedule, you can plan around any site access restrictions with confidence, making the system ideal for education and transport projects. Shorter, predictable build times reduce project risks. SIP panel homes are ready for occupation sooner, releasing revenue and reducing financing costs. Standardization across a property portfolio delivers further savings.

I-FAST: As leading innovators in SIP technology, Innovaré has taken the key advantages of SIPs – strength, dimensional stability, insulation, and acoustic performance – a step further, creating a panel which provides intrinsic performance. i-FAST is an offsite manufactured closed-panel framed wall, designed to give assurance to architects, contractors, specifiers and inspectors that their building achieves an inherent minimum level of performance, providing flexibility in the choice of linings and cladding. Whilst the minimum fire performance is common to all panels in the range, thermal acoustic and structural performance varies with thickness. i-FAST fire-resistant wall panels provide in excess of 60 minutes standalone load bearing fire resistance and integrity, with insulation and board that are both A1 non-combustible, Class 0 spread of flame. Fire resistant wall panels are achieved through the protection to the structural framing which is provided by the non-combustible board and insulation that protects the staggered studs. i-FAST panels offer inherent strength through the structure. The double boarded panel construction provides excellent racking stability that exceeds the minimum performance, and the inner layer of studs helps transfer vertical floor and roof loads more effectively. Horizontal forces are transmitted into the foundations to resist overturning and sliding.

Wrap & Infill: Innovaré’s wrap/infill i-SIP approach can provide architects and contractors with a simple, cost-effective panelised system for concrete or steel framed buildings. Ideal for low and high-rise projects for the Education, Student Accommodation and Commercial sectors, the wrap/infill system offers significant programme advantages over traditional techniques and alternatives (such as light steel frame). If you are looking to accelerate your building programme to potentially save up to 20 weeks, or slippage has occurred and it needs to get back on track, then a wrap and infill approach has the flexibility to ensure that critical timescales are met. The single format panels are delivered and assembled rapidly on site and craned into place, eliminating the need for expensive scaffolding. There is also the flexibility to be integrated at the later stages of a building programme – even stage 4 or 5. Greater design flexibility can also be achieved with a variety of facades and finishes available.

Flexihome: To achieve the goals of faster build times, repeatable quality levels and reduced costs, Innovaré has re-engineered the process of creating new housing, from design to assembly with a component-led solution, Flexihomes by Innovaré. This innovative solution uses manufacturing disciplines and streamlined production processes to deliver greater efficiency and cost control. This is delivered through systemised and flexible configurations to deliver economies of scale and meet individual needs. This considerable flexibility over the end product optimizes land use, responds to local needs and enhances the viability of projects.

Pete Blunt | Managing Director

"Our experience and approach makes us the ideal partner for any organization wanting to harness the benefits that offsite manufacturing brings: faster delivery, predictable costs, and low whole-life carbon."