Modular construction specialists Stelling Properties has achieved the award for Best Use of Volumetric Technology and the highly coveted Winner of Winners Award for its landmark purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) project in Southampton at the tenth Offsite Awards.
Its R&D team also won the Product Innovation Award in collaboration with Aalter for the Stelling Properties Building Configurator.
The Offsite Awards ceremony shone a spotlight on the leading businesses and innovators at the forefront of offsite construction in the UK.
This year, the awards received over 200 entries in 23 categories. The winners were announced at a ceremony at Coventry Arena as part of Offsite Expo and Offsite Construction Week.
“We are absolutely thrilled to receive this industry recognition, and particularly the Winner of Winners award. These accolades are such a credit to our teams across the business who do such outstanding work and who continue to push the boundaries of modular technology in the residential sector.”
Jose Ignacio Alverez, Founder and Executive Chair of Stelling Properties
Stelling’s winning development – 31 High Street – is a pioneering regeneration project in Southampton which has brought a fire damaged building back to life after it remained derelict for over a decade.
The development represents a £12m investment by Stelling to develop this prominent and highly constrained site using advanced modular technology.
The original listed stone façade of the former Bank of England building has been restored and a five-storey modular extension has provided 121 self-contained studio apartments. It will help meet the critical undersupply of student accommodation in the city.
“This was an excellent submission and a standout project demonstrating all the benefits that offsite brings. It had high levels of innovation in its design and delivery.
“The challenges of working on a heritage site and a constrained city centre location were overcome by intelligent use of volumetric technology along with traditional elements.
“A sophisticated and elegant solution emerged. Very well done to the Stelling Properties team.”
Comment from the award judges
The Building Configurator represents a significant leap forward in the application of modular construction for major multi-occupancy residential developments, by automating design workflows to radically reduce project time and cost, and to empower smarter decision-making.
“31 High Street demonstrates the enormous potential of our offsite construction solutions and the technical capabilities of our teams – from architectural design to manufacturing, offsite fitout and on-site refurbishment of a locally listed building. This site is completely enclosed on three sides and would have been extremely difficult to develop using traditional construction methods.
“To deliver a scheme of this scale in just a few months and to such high quality, sustainability, energy efficiency and architectural standards, is an incredible achievement. It also showcases really well how offsite construction can be applied to regeneration and refurbishment schemes, as well as to new build residential developments.
“We were also delighted to receive the award that has recognised our commitment to digital innovation, alongside our partner, Aalter. Our new building configurator leverages digital technology to streamline and enhance every phase of our modular design and construction processes.”
Jose Ignacio Alverez, Founder and Executive Chair of Stelling Properties
Stelling Properties works as a trusted partner to contractors, developers, housing operators and investors in the design, construction and maintenance of premium residential developments built offsite.
