Ken Bray, managing director of Cambridgeshire based DRC Polymers discusses the advances made in roofing for modular buildings...

“Over the years there’s been a significant advance in the quality and range of roofing materials available, to the designers of  modular buildings.  Once, there were fairly limited options but now there’s an ever increasing choice of high quality materials, for use as either primary and secondary waterproofing.

“Modular buildings no longer have the stigma attached to them that the post war ‘prefabs’ used to have.  They are now seen as a viable design solution and more people than ever are both living and working in them and using them for offices.  As a result of improved manufacturing technology modular buildings are now a desirable alternative. 

“Once seen as rather down-market and tacky, developers are now investing in the concept of modular buildings and in more effective roofing for them.  We have developed a Uniroof, membrane which is  waterproof, flexible, durable and cost effective and we’ve seen sales of this membrane increase steadily as modular buildings’ popularity continues to grow.

“The particular  structure of the product makes it highly resistant to weather, chemicals, oil and pollutants.

“We’ve seen many examples of this material operating in tough climatic conditions in structures from Singapore to Dubai and beyond and this makes it an ideal choice for this type of building.  It’s vital to ensure that modular roofs can withstand all weather conditions and remain maintenance free for the predicted life of the building.”