Stora Enso launches new Modular Building System
19 December 2016Stora Enso has launched a new cross-laminated timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) Modular Building System to increase wood construction in the UK.
More than 120 senior construction professionals joined Stora Enso for the recent launch at Haberdashers Hall in London.
The Modular Building System is the second in a programme of specific building systems by Stora Enso being launched internationally across France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Finland and the UK. The first system, Residential Multi-storey, was launched in April 2016 at the Austrian Embassy in London.
Stora Enso said the launch of the Modular Building System in the UK was timely in light of recent statements by UK housing minister Gavin Barwell indicating that this method of construction has potential to tackle long-term skills shortages and alleviate the housing shortage in the UK.
Guest presenters at the launch were Paul Williamson, MD of Modular Construction at Swan Homes, who shared the company’s vision for the future of modular construction in the UK and Anssi Lassila, founder of Helsinki based OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture, who discussed the innovative and internationally-acclaimed Puukuokka Housing Project which was completed in 2015 using Stora Enso modular CLT units.
