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Carfax Quarter

Challenge

Our clients on our Carfax Quarter project acquired two new buildings from a developer for their student accommodation needs, with this project and new build, traditional made bathrooms were utilised during building process.

After 3-years of acquiring these two buildings for their student accommodation needs our client needed to refurbish their bathrooms due to experiencing leakages from the shower trays that were installed.

Our experienced design team were able to design a shower cubicle to fit their needs in the traditional build bathroom. With our products being quick to assemble, our shower cubicles were able to be installed quickly by the maintenance team and ready for use for when students came back.

Scope

Supplying 50 shower cubicles to our Carfax Quarter project, which completely transformed how they now look and feel about bathroom pods and how they will use them in the future. It will give the maintenance teams more time focusing their efforts where it is more needed than finding and investigating where leaks may be appearing in bathrooms with our pods being self-contained and watertight.

Result

With the solution that Taplanes were able to offer and create for the Carfax Quarter project, Taplanes were able to solve the issue for the client before it got more costly affecting more of the building than it already did and costing them more money if the problem was left with no real solution. Our solution has resulted in the client preferring Taplanes and using our products for future projects.

Project Details

General Information
  Traditional Build GPR Pod Taplanes Pod
Product Cost  £3,000 £2,800 £4,752
Mould Set Up Cost 0 £30,000  0
Minimum Order Quantity (Units) 1 200 1
Per unit cost (Including Overhead) £3,000  £2,950  £4,752 
Installation Cost
Man Days require for Installation 6 4 1
Average UK Man Day Cost  £280  £280  £280 
Crane Cost Per Day 0 £400  0
Total Installation Cost  £1,680  £1,520  £280 
Initial Investment (1st Installation) £4,680  £4,470  £5,032 
 
Shelf Life (Years) 10 8 30
Dismantling Cost (If the product fail or needs redesign)
Man Days require for Dismantling 6 6 1
Average UK Man Day Cost  £280  £280  £280 
Total Dismantling Cost £1,680  £1,680  £280 
Recyclability No  No  Yes
Waste Disposal Fee £100  £100  £                             –   
Total Dismantling Cost £1,780 £1,780 £280 
Assuming the bathroom facilities expected to be in function for 20 Years
10 Years Refurbishment (Assuming 20% increment in 10 years) Traditional Build GPR Pod Taplanes Pod
Dismantling Cost (If the product fail or needs redesign)
Man Days require for Dismentaling 6 6
Average UK Man Day Cost  £336  £336   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,016  £2,016   
Recyclability No  No   
Waste Disposal Fee £120 £120   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,136 £2,136   
Brand New Purchase
Product Cost (New Cost) £3,600  £3,540   
Mould Set Up Cost 0 £              –     
Minimum Order Quantity (Units) 1 1  
Per unit cost (Including Overhead) £3,600  £3,540   
New Installation Cost
Man Days require for Installation 6 4  
Average UK Man Day Cost  £336  £336   
Crane Cost Per Day 0 £        480   
Total Installation Cost  £2,016  £                      1,824   
20 Year Refurbishment – Assume 20% increment in 11th to 20th Years Traditional Build GPR Pod Taplanes Pod
Dismantling Cost (If the product fail or needs redesign)
Man Days require for Dismantling 6 6  
Average UK Man Day Cost  £403  £403   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,419  £2,419   
Recyclability No No  
Waste Disposal Fee £144  £144   
Total Dismantling Cost £2,563  £2,563   
Brand New Purchase
Product Cost  £4,320  £4,248   
Mould Set Up Cost 0 £           –     
Minimum Order Quantity (Units) 1 1  
Per unit cost (Including Overhead) £4,320  £4,248  
New Installation Cost
Man Days require for Installation 6 4  
Average UK Man Day Cost  £403  £403   
Crane Cost Per Day 0 £480   
Total Installation Cost  £2,419  £2,093   
Unit cost + Install cost (total cost) £6,739  £6,341   
Total Investment for having a fully function bathroom facilities      
  Traditional GRP Taplanes
Shelf Life 10 8 30
       
Initial Investment + Installation £4,680  £4,470  £5,032 
10 Years Refurbishment Cost £7,752  £7,500   
20 Years Refurbishment Cost £9,302  £8,904   
       
Total Investment on Bathroom Facilities (Over 20 Years) £21,734  £20,874  £5,032 
Cost per year for having a fully function bathroom facilities £1,087  £1,044  £252 
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