The ongoing expansion of UK and Irish higher education facilities, large-scale upgrading of existing halls of residence and the emerging popularity of en-suite bathrooms in student accommodation have all combined to make this one of the most active sectors in the prefabricated bathroom pod market.
RB Farquhar produced over 2000 pods for this sector during 2006, shipping pods to educational accommodation projects all over the UK and Ireland, including Fettes College in Edinburgh, College Hall in London, HMS Nelson in Portsmouth and Ballinode College in Co Sligo.
With the high incidence of design repetition in bathrooms and shower-rooms for educational halls of residence, RB Farquhar has successfully demonstrated that prefabricating student bathrooms in quality-controlled factory conditions offers significant economies of scale.
This is particularly important for upgrading student halls for conference accommodation. RB Farquhar has designed and manufactured prefabricated bathroom pods for all sectors of the hotel market since 1990, and has an unparalleled depth of experience in this sector.
Not all manufacturers of prefabricated bathrooms possess the production capability to fulfil large-scale student accommodation contracts, but, as Europe's biggest supplier of pods, RB Farquhar has demonstrated its ability to programme guaranteed fast-track manufacture, storage and delivery schedules for even the largest hall of residence developments.
Being able to shorten the construction programme through prefabrication and operate within guaranteed delivery and installation schedules is also an important consideration for educational authorities who have fixed occupancy deadlines.
Every pod is extensively factory-tested prior to despatch to eliminate the risk of on-site failure; whether for student or conference accommodation, we fully understand the unacceptability of having rooms off-line through materials failure.
RB Farquhar manufactures robust bathroom and shower-room pods with a variety of floor finishes, including concrete-floored options where a "wet-floor" facility is specified.
