Housing minister takes opportunity to see Lanarkshire company's innovative building system

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An innovative house building company based in North Lanarkshire received a visit from a Scottish Government minister recently.Shona Robison MSP, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, took the opportunity to see for herself the unique work that Enevate Homes is undertaking in engineering new-build homes in Scotland.The company, which has its factory in Wishaw, design and build modular homes, using a unique building system which features engineered structural steel frames to construct units for new houses and flats, home extensions, and even garden pods.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android The process lends itself to a wide range of bespoke projects as the units can be used to form virtually any building type.The system ensures that the majority of “construction” takes place off-site at its Netherton Road factory.Architectural Manager Paul McIntyre told Lanarkshire Live: “We pre-manufacture the buildings in the factory here until they’re about 80 to 85 per cent complete. "They have bathrooms in, windows fitted, concrete stairs installed, plasterboard on and painted, skirtings and doors fitted, and then they are shipped to the site in Dundee by truck and landed by crane."You can build a whole floor load of flats within a week on-site, then you