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See Inside: The Weston Group ‘housebuilding factory’ in Braintree

In January 2019, Weston Logistics, part of housebuilder Weston Group, opened its new £12m ‘housebuilding factory’ in Braintree. We take a look inside and explore some of the facts & figures behind the site.

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Weston Group’s new state-of-the-art “housebuilding factory” will be able to build off-site up to 5,000 new homes per annum

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Weston Group forecast that within the next 10 years technology will allow for new homes to be fully manufactured off-site by robots and computer-assisted engineering tools

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The new computerised complex can also assemble bespoke customer orders – up to 60 plots per day  – typically a kitchen pack, bathroom pack and other fittings and finishes

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The new complex offers 60,000 sqft of warehousing space, a 10,000 sqft state-of-the-art manufacturing, assembly and quality-control workshop and 5,000 sqft of high-tech offices

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The vast new 75,000 sqft (6,970m2) distribution and build-off-site complex is one of the most advanced in the UK construction industry

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Computer controlled wire-guided system fitted to the floor and storage isles allows for the computer-assisted Toyota folk-lift trucks in the complex to operate safely and precisely at extremely high-speeds

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The workshop allows for raw materials to be cut and assembled into items such as bedroom wardrobes, bathroom vanity units and bathroom cabinets

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The 10,000 sqft state-of-the-art manufacturing, assembly and quality-control workshop is designed around a series of conveyor belts and stillages-on-wheels

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Constructed over a period of 18 months, the complex currently has 40 staff, including technical engineers previously employed at Airbus Industries

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Once fully operational, the logistics division will provide over 60 new jobs

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Sophisticated IT allows raw materials, goods and components being freighted from suppliers around the world to be tracked via GPS from the complex’s control centre

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Effectively a ‘housebuilding factory’, the new hybrid plant introduces automotive-industry style logistics, assembly and quality-control to the homebuilding sector

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An advanced storage and retrieval system (ASRS) has items barcoded and stored in a 60,000 sqft, 26 feet (8 metre) high pallet racking complex with 27 storage isles – complex can hold over 8,000 pallets and other materials

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Located on a high-security 3.5 acre site the new £12 million Braintree Logistics Centre is a huge 33 feet high (10m) warehouse and manufacturing complex

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