{"id":89059,"date":"2021-02-16T10:27:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T10:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=89059"},"modified":"2021-02-16T10:27:46","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T10:27:46","slug":"modular-skyscrapers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/modular-skyscrapers\/89059\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Modular preview: Modular Skyscrapers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Michael Hough, founder and principal at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mjhse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MJH Structural Engineers<\/a> in Dublin explores the world of modular skyscrapers<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve always been interested in construction innovation and product development,\u201d says Michael Hough, founder and principal at MJH Structural Engineers in Dublin, Ireland. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/modular-offsite-build\/89028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Offsite construction<\/a> and delivering constructed elements and products to the site has always been interesting to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Hough began his engineering career in conventional construction, he now works entirely in modular construction, most often with Vision Modular in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first modular development I was involved with was a six-story building with Vision Modular,\u201d Hough recalls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe rapidly developed the system\u2019s capabilities with Vision, so that within only a few years, we built a 25-story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/commercial-modular-construction-3\/78406\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modular building<\/a>, which at the time \u2014 in 2009 \u2014 was the tallest modular building in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because his firm works entirely on modular construction, Hough says they have gained a very high level of understanding of the structural systems involved, and of the material behaviours and requirements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd since we&#8217;re working on a building <em>system or product<\/em>, we can operate mostly remotely from the factory and the building sites.\u201d This means that the company can work from Dublin on projects in London and other parts of the UK.<\/p>\n<h3>Favourite Projects<\/h3>\n<p>The recently completed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/worlds-tallest-modular-building\/72862\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">101 George Street project in Croyden<\/a>, London is one of Hough\u2019s favourites. It\u2019s 44 stories, currently the world\u2019s tallest modular building. \u201cIt was a very challenging project, not just because of the height. But also because the two towers \u2014 one is 44 stories, the other is 38 stories \u2014 are connected together and offset.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallbuildingsawards.co.uk\/2020-winners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UK Tall Building Awards 2020<\/a>, MJH Structural Engineers won the 2020 Best Tall Building Structural Engineer award for this building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a small office like us, it was phenomenal to succeed in a category with such excellent and renowned structural engineering consultants. We were stunned \u2014 and very proud,\u201d Hough says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we did was technically difficult and ground-breaking. It&#8217;s a modular skyscraper that embodies the ideals of modular construction by having more than 80% of the finishes completed in the factory, before installation onsite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company is currently working on another project in the same area of London which will provide \u201c836 co-living units in a 45-story tower and a 30-story tower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a co-living arrangement, tenants live in their own private units, as in a standard apartment block. But, in addition to the private apartments, there are communal amenities for small groups of apartments. Each group of four or five apartments might share recreation, dining, and kitchen areas.<\/p>\n<h3>World of modular presentation<\/h3>\n<p>Hough is speaking at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modular.org\/HtmlPage.aspx?name=2021_world_of_modular_welcome\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World of Modular<\/a> to continue spreading the word about modular and its range of application for different types of building. He also hopes to combat some of the scepticism he runs into about the potential for modular to build high-rise structures.<\/p>\n<p>Hough tells a story from last year at the World of Modular convention. \u201cI was chatting over coffee with a couple of wood modular guys. They mentioned they were working with one-inch tolerances on their one- and two-story buildings. They asked me the tolerances we were working with,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I told them the vertical, floor-to-floor, accuracy was close to the thickness of a piece of paper, they were astounded,\u201d he laughs.<\/p>\n<p>Hough mentions there have been problems with some high-rise modular developments in the US, so he understands the scepticism and the challenges for acceptance that start-up modular companies face. But he stresses that Vision Modular and MJH Structural Engineers now have nearly 20 years\u2019 experience in volumetric modular construction, and have <em>repeatedly<\/em> built tall modular buildings in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll be talking about how it\u2019s possible to build such tall buildings with modular, some of the challenges faced, and the key points to consider. Ultimately, it comes down to precision manufacturing, which is likely only possible with steel, not wood.<\/p>\n<p>In a conventionally-built building, you have plenty of wiggle room to make adjustments on the fly. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/guides-reviews\/modular-advantage-world\/85635\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modular construction<\/a>, each individual module has to be very sturdy and strong to withstand the rigours of transportation and craning into place. \u201cOtherwise, if you\u2019re bringing a finished module onto the site and it moves side-to-side, you risk cracking the finishes, having doors and windows that don\u2019t fit properly, and so on.\u201d Because of the necessary increased rigidity, there\u2019s less wiggle room for adjustments to be made onsite. So precision becomes more important in modular construction than in conventional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, low-rise modular is not <em>that<\/em> different from conventional construction. For a one- or two-story modular building, you might have an inch or an inch and a half tolerance,\u201d Hough says. \u201cOn a high-rise modular building, the tolerances are more like two or three millimetres. Once you go beyond 7 or 8 stories, a tiny systematic error can become a huge problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This article was first published in the Modular Building Institute\u2019s Modular Advantage magazine &#8211; January\/February 2021 Edition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modular.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Modular Building Institute<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zena Ryder<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Freelance writer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenafreelancewriter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.zenafreelancewriter.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/zena-freelance-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zena Ryder<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Hough, founder and principal at MJH Structural Engineers in Dublin explores the world of modular skyscrapers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[942],"tags":[594,856,916,627,696,50224],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172484],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89059","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-mmc-news","7":"tag-building-design","8":"tag-construction-technology","9":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","10":"tag-modular-construction","11":"tag-offsite-construction","12":"tag-sh-modular-building-institute","13":"stakeholder_rel_tag-modular-building-institute"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World of Modular preview: Modular Skyscrapers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michael Hough, founder and principal at MJH Structural Engineers in Dublin, explores the world of modular skyscrapers and construction innovation\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/modular-skyscrapers\/89059\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World of Modular preview: Modular Skyscrapers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michael Hough, founder and principal at MJH Structural Engineers in Dublin explores the world of modular skyscrapers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/modular-skyscrapers\/89059\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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