Overbuild and the Ideal Lifts Frame System

The Government has recently called on councils to get building over railway stations.

We are very pleased to have been asked to contribute to the Linear Infrastructure Overbuild Guide commissioned by Buildoffsite.

The report was inspired by WSP’s ‘Out of Thin Air – Building over London’s rail lines’ report and the subsequent ‘Out of Thin Air – One year on’, it aims to do 3 things:

1. Make more potential sites viable, creating homes and offsite project opportunities
2. Enable stakeholders to consider how to unlock more of this potential
3. Help more developers and suppliers to be involved with infrastructure overbuild

The reports identify the opportunities overbuild offers as a way forward with the acute housing shortage the UK is facing.

The lightweight Ideal Lifts Frame System weighing 95% less than pre-cast lift shafts, designed for MMC, is also perfect for rail overbuild projects and existing buildings which need to be extended vertically.