The shell of a detached three-storey 2,600ft2 house was built in just 16 days in a trial carried out by Avada Country Homes.

The company was seeking to speed up build time and cut labour costs and worked with a number of key manufacturers to build the house, called The Parsonage, alongside a development of high specification barn conversions in record time.

Boise Cascade won the £2,200 contract to supply 241mm deep BCI joists of various widths to construct the first and second floors of The Parsonage and Versa-Lam beams for the stairwell openings.

&#8220The construction industry has been slow to adopt new ideas so it is critical that ambitious developers like ourselves look for new processes, new systems and new construction techniques to achieve competitive advantages for our company.”

Ian Johnston, managing director of Avada Country Homes.

Ian Johnston, managing director of Avada Country Homes, said: “The construction industry has been slow to adopt new ideas so it is critical that ambitious developers like ourselves look for new processes, new systems and new construction techniques to achieve competitive advantages for our company.”

He said Boise Cascade added value by giving tuition and support on site and added: “We will certainly be talking to them when we undertake the next project.”