NHBC has announced that Roger Bullivant’s RBeam precast concrete foundation system has been officially welcomed to NHBC Accepts. NHBC Accepts is an all-inclusive, end-to-end service that helps to build confidence in innovative construction and enables innovative products to be fast-tracked for NHBC warranty.
As part of the new service, detailed and robust technical reviews of design, manufacture, and construction result in the provision of a certified usage license for a bespoke NHBC Accepts logo and website listing. NHBC’s Innovation Manager, Richard Lankshear, said: “Following a thorough approval process we are delighted to welcome Roger Bullivant Limited to NHBC Accepts.
“An NHBC Accepts certificate is a way of demonstrating that innovative products or systems have already been reviewed thus reducing the risk of delays on site. NHBC Accepts will play a critical role in ensuring developers, manufacturers, lenders, and consumers have faith and confidence in the quality of new homes built with innovative forms of construction.”
The RBeam is a factory-produced reinforced precast concrete foundation system for low-rise developments. The system is used with a range of piled foundation techniques catering to many different soil types and ground conditions including clay heave situations.
Richard Taylor, Bullivant’s Foundation Systems Director, added: “This approval brings customer confidence and improved productivity on site. We also recognise it as an important achievement in the progression of offsite manufacture in the residential market.”
Bullivant’s Foundation Systems Technical Manager Nigel Rake also said: “Roger Bullivant Limited has been designing, manufacturing, and installing precast foundations for many years. The RBeam system is a category 3 pre-manufactured component under the government’s MMC definition framework and we are very pleased that this has been given a seal of approval for NHBC Accepts. This will provide further assurance in our RBeam system to all our customers and the wider industry.”
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