Cottingham Clinic

The clinic was constructed using a highly sustainable recycled modular building from Portakabin (Refurbished).

Designed by architects Gelder and Kitchen, the new purpose-designed centre was craned into position in just eight hours over a weekend. The single storey building was finished in brickwork to complement its location in the historic village of Cottingham - a conservation area. All Portakabin (Refurbished) recycled modular buildings are fully refurbished with new windows, wall linings, partitions, M&E services, doors, flooring, and specialist finishes, to create high quality accommodation for a wide variety of permanent and interim applications.

The recycling and refurbishment of relocatable buildings is also highly sustainable, helping to improve a building's carbon footprint:

• The approach produces less than 10 per cent of the carbon emissions compared to a newly manufactured building (source MPBA).
• Because much of the refurbishment work takes place off site, the approach generates fewer vehicle movements to site than traditional building methods, reducing congestion and carbon emissions.
• By refurbishing the building modules and preserving the embodied energy of the steel structure, Portakabin (Refurbished) is extending the life of the building and minimising the volume of waste sent to landfill.