{"id":51846,"date":"2019-01-31T10:19:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T10:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=51846"},"modified":"2019-02-01T08:41:49","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T08:41:49","slug":"weston-housebuilding-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/weston-housebuilding-factory\/51846\/","title":{"rendered":"Weston opens new \u00a312m housebuilding factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernlogistics.co.uk\/\">Weston Logistics<\/a>, part of volume housebuilder Weston Group, has opened the Braintree Logistics Centre, a distribution and offsite housebuilding factory<\/h2>\n<p>Braintree Logistics Centre is a vast new 75,000 sq ft distribution and build-offsite complex, which is thought to be one of the most advanced in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/transforming-uk-construction\/44457\/\">UK construction industry<\/a>. The \u2018housebuilding factory\u2019 introduces automotive-industry style logistics, assembly and quality-control to the homebuilding sector.<\/p>\n<p>The new \u00a312m Braintree Logistics Centre is a huge warehouse and manufacturing complex designed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prc-group.com\/\">PRC Architects<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hillman-consulting.co.uk\/\">Gideon Hillman<\/a>, the supply chain consultants, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globetooling.co.uk\/\">Globe Tooling Ltd<\/a>, the precision engineering firm, and Weston Group.<\/p>\n<p>Constructed over a period of 18 months, the new complex offers 60,000 sq ft of warehousing space, a 10,000 sq ft state-of-the-art manufacturing, assembly and quality-control workshop and 5,000 sq ft of high-tech offices.<\/p>\n<p>Sophisticated IT allows raw materials, goods and components being freighted from suppliers around the world to be tracked via GPS from the complex\u2019s control centre. The entire supply chain is remotely monitored \u2013 from the start of a journey from the supplier until the goods arrive at the Braintree Logistics Centre.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51852 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Braintree Logistics Centre, housebuilding factory,\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>At the centre items are barcoded, stored until needed; then retrieved, products assembled and quality control tested; packaged as per homebuyer customer\u2019s individual specification choices; then shipped to the group\u2019s different residential development sites.<\/p>\n<p>The storage centre holds the components required to build a house or apartment including flooring, cladding, wall tiles, panelling material, kitchen components and bathroom components including up to 400 vanity units at any one time.<\/p>\n<p>The 10,000 sq ft state-of-the-art manufacturing, assembly and quality-control workshop is designed around a series of conveyor belts and stillages-on-wheels which transport items to processing machines, precision engineering tools and site assembly plants.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Weston, Chief Executive of Weston Group said: \u201cThe new Braintree Logistics Centre is a highly advanced distribution and build-off-site centre and represents the future of the volume housebuilding industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithin the next 10 years technology will allow for new homes to be fully manufactured off-site by robots and computer-assisted engineering tools; customer specification choices fully automated; with factory-made components then built on-site using machines like a highly advanced lego-system. This step change will help enhance site safety, quality control and automotive-like precision. Our blue-chip factory at Braintree is another pioneering part of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51853 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"Braintree Logistics Centre, housebuilding factory,\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-696x464.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-630x420.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3-1920x1280.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Weston-opens-new-\u00a312m-housebuilding-factory-3.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Shaun Weston, Managing Director of Weston Logistics added: \u201cThis new Braintree Logistics Centre transforms Weston Group\u2019s logistics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/offsite-tackle-issues-construction\/51045\/\">offsite manufacturing<\/a> capacity and enhances our ability to control our supply chain, improve the delivery of customer specification choices and ensure the quality of the products that form the specification of the homes we sell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeston Group has a \u00a32bn development pipeline of 6,000 new homes and this new complex helps us manage this expansion. 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