Flexibility and Savings
SkyPods provide a higher degree of design flexibility which will accommodate 6 star or 3 star quality product dependent on architect’s/developers/owners specifications.
With the ‘SkyPod‘ installation, there is the option for traditional construction procedures (without concrete set down) or a set down in the concrete floor slab to position the Bathroom in its completed form within 24 hours of the pouring of the concrete slab. This avoids the multitude of individual material, labour lifts and exercises needed in the traditional construction of multi level apartments or hotel buildings.
Depending on the configuration it is estimated the savings on the construction cost of a project would be 3% - 3.5% and up to 15 - 20% saving in construction time.
Projected Saving
Cost comparisons between the offsite manufactured Bathroom SkyPOD method versus the traditional onsite method.
150 Apartments: 206 Bathrooms / Ensuites
Construction time: 18 months
Estimated cost: $40m
Estimated Development: $8m (holding costs)
Estimated time saving: 15 weeks
Estimated time saving: 3.6 months
Estimated cost savings: In the order of $1,400,000.