{"id":166826,"date":"2025-11-06T22:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/166826\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:48:08","slug":"houses-delivered-in-double-quick-time-in-ballyvolane-thanks-to-novel-build-approach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/166826\/","title":{"rendered":"Houses delivered in double quick time in Ballyvolane thanks to novel build approach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSES are being delivered in less than half the time it normally takes at a Ballyvolane housing development thanks to an innovative and pilot approach.<\/p>\n<p>The accelerated pilot build programme is at Longview, where more than 700 new homes \u2014 a mix of social and private housing \u2014 are in the pipeline, with an average of 12 units delivered per month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The Build to Innovate programme, managed by Enterprise Ireland, under the Government\u2019s Housing for All strategy, has slashed the typical time frame from floor slab to substantial completion from approximately 24 weeks to as little as nine weeks, in best-case scenarios.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The approach also offers a a reduced carbon footprint compared to traditional masonry construction, as timber frame construction lowers embodied carbon by reducing reliance on high-energy materials such as concrete and steel, while also storing carbon naturally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The use of insulated Raft Therm foundation systems further reduces concrete use by up to 60% and limits heat loss at ground level, supporting strong long-term energy performance. Together, these methods cut waste, reduce on-site emissions, and help deliver more sustainable homes over their full lifecycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Earlier this week, Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin said the project \u201cdemonstrates the potential of modern methods of construction to deliver homes faster, more efficiently, and with the highest standards of quality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cIt\u2019s great to see this innovation happening here in Cork, led by an Irish company with a strong track record in the sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4848486_4_articleinlinemobile_DK20251031_20CFIELD_20079_1_.jpg\" alt=\"Neil Kerrigan, Housing Delivery Unit Enterprise Ireland, An Taoiseach, Miche\u00e1l Martin, John Crean, Director of Planning, Longview Estates and Patrick Crowley, CEO, CField Construction at Longview. Picture: Darragh Kane\" title=\"Neil Kerrigan, Housing Delivery Unit Enterprise Ireland, An Taoiseach, Miche\u00e1l Martin, John Crean, Director of Planning, Longview Estates and Patrick Crowley, CEO, CField Construction at Longview. Picture: Darragh Kane\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Neil Kerrigan, Housing Delivery Unit Enterprise Ireland, An Taoiseach, Miche\u00e1l Martin, John Crean, Director of Planning, Longview Estates and Patrick Crowley, CEO, CField Construction at Longview. Picture: Darragh Kane<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The company in question is CField Construction, an early adopter of factory-style on-site processes and offsite construction techniques.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Through the Built to Innovate approach, the company has integrated its production schedule with the offsite manufacture of timber frame kits \u2014 produced by Cygnum \u2014 creating a fully synchronised workflow from foundation to home completion.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4848489_4_articleinlinemobile_Close_20up_20Aerial_20Image_20of_20Cygnum_20_2_.jpg\" alt=\"The Cygnum facility in Macroom.\" title=\"The Cygnum facility in Macroom.\" class=\"card-img\"\/>The Cygnum facility in Macroom.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/4848492_4_articleinlinemobile_Cygnum2.jpeg\" alt=\"Time frame assembly at the Cygnum plant\" title=\"Time frame assembly at the Cygnum plant\" class=\"card-img\"\/>Time frame assembly at the Cygnum plant<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">CField Construction CEO Patrick Crowley said the initiative \u2014 combining precision offsite manufacturing with efficient on-site assembly at Longview \u2014 was \u201cproof that innovation in construction can have a real and immediate impact on housing supply\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The government is feverishly examining ways to expedite housing delivery as the shortage of housing continues to dominate the political agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Its new housing plan is due to go to Cabinet next week and the challenge is to deliver at least 300,000 in the next five years, according to housing minister James Browne.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The Longview development is being delivered by Longview Estates, a Cork-based developer with a strong record in energy efficient, sustainable projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSES are being delivered in less than half the time it normally takes at a Ballyvolane housing development&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":166827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[9521,79,9520,18,19,17,3525],"class_list":{"0":"post-166826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-building","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-construction-munster","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-planning-permission"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115505195261529897","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/166827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}