Swan latest modular firm to ditch CLT for high-rise apartments

By Joey Gardiner2020-01-16T06:00:00

Housing association says combustibles ban prompted decision to move to steel system for offsite homes

One of the leading exponents of modular housebuilding based on cross-laminated timber technology is to move to using steel-framed systems for its planned apartment buildings.

London and South-east housing association Swan, which set up a 400-homes-a-year modular housebuilding factory in 2017 to deliver its 3,500-home development pipeline, said the decision to switch to steel followed the government’s ban on combustible materials in the external walls of homes more than 18m in height.

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