Schiavello Bathroom Pods

Framing made from TRUECORE® steel has helped Schiavello deliver bathroom pods with speed and efficiency

Schiavello Bathroom Pods use framing made from TRUECORE® steel
Schiavello Bathroom Pods use framing made from TRUECORE® steel
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Schiavello’s innovative bathroom pods exemplify their commitment to being a leader in prefabrication and modular building, meeting the growing demand for offsite construction.

Helped lower project construction costs
Fast and efficient installation
Pre-fabricated for on-site efficiencies
Strong and dimensionally accurate
Project Goal

Deliver time and cost efficient bathroom pods to specialist student accommodation Developer, Urbanest.

Key Challenges
  • Reducing labour time and cost
  • Increasing accuracy and efficiency

Key Benefits Delivered

Speed

Schiavello are no strangers to building bathroom pods, but transitioning from welded square hollow section frames, to framing made from TRUECORE® steel has enabled them to deliver the frame for these pods in just 60 minutes. Furthermore, with more supports to work with, the fit-out is faster too, and Schiavello can deliver a completed, fitted-out bathroom in 13 hours.

Accuracy

With framing made from TRUECORE® steel, Schiavello no longer has to contend with holding components in position for welding, and now quotes tolerances down to 1mm due to the precision with which frames made from TRUECORE® steel can be fabricated.

Simplicity

In moving to framing made from TRUECORE® steel, Schiavello has taken welding out of the construction process, in favour of simple screws in pre-punched locations.

Cost

Increasing speed and accuracy has enabled Schiavello to offer a superior product at a lower price. As a result of their initial delivery to Urbanest’s construction company on this build, Schiavello are already bidding on four more projects with ICON Co, involving another 2,000 bathrooms.

Project Information
Project

Schiavello Bathroom Pods

Location

599-605 Swanson Street, Carlton, VIC

Developer

Urbanest

Builder

ICON

Steel Frame Fabricator

Schiavello Manufacturing – Modular & PreFab Building Division

Principal Steel Products

TRUECORE® steel

Case Study

September 2018

Framing
Modular
Residential
VIC

Outcomes

Summing up the project, Damien Crough said:

“In Melbourne, we’re looking at some 10,000 new student rooms being built in the next four years and there’s a massive need for high quality, cost and labour efficient offsite construction methods to deliver them. Our bathroom pods are trucked to the location, craned onto site, wheeled into position and dropped onto the concrete. It’s highly efficient. And with a 13 hour turnaround on each pod, highly cost effective.”

Damien Crough, Technical Leader – Advanced Building Manufacturing at Schiavello

Sources
  • Damien Crough, Technical Leader – Advanced Building Manufacturing at Schiavello

The content of this case study is based on statements made by the sources listed above and is a reflection of their views and experience. Same/similar results are not guaranteed for each user and outcomes may vary across projects.

Schiavello Bathroom Pods use framing made from TRUECORE® steel
Schiavello Bathroom Pods use framing made from TRUECORE® steel