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Celebrating New Homes Week (26th February – 3rd March)

Celebrating New Homes Week (26th February – 3rd March)

This week at BoKlok, we are celebrating New Homes Week. Organised by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) – a national body, which represents the home building industry in England and Wales. New Homes Week is an annual celebration of the many benefits of buying a new build home. From energy efficiency to excellent design and high specification, BoKlok explains all benefits.

How BoKlok is working to #BreakTheBias

How BoKlok is working to #BreakTheBias

This year’s International Women’s Day puts the spotlight on the need to #BreakTheBias to reach equality between the genders. Aija Harju, BoKlok Senior Vice President Human Resources, gives her view on how BoKlok is working to be a leading player in the field.

BoKlok UK exchange contracts on new land site in Somerset

BoKlok UK exchange contracts on new land site in Somerset

BoKlok UK Ltd, the home provider, jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA, delivering ‘sustainable homes for the many people’, has acquired a major site in Somerset. Subject to planning permission, BoKlok are preparing detailed plans which could provide in the region of 350 homes. The site, which is part of Bridgwater Gateway phase 2, is situated to the west of A38 Taunton Road, within North Petherton.

BoKlok UK & VIVID create new modular housing joint venture

BoKlok UK & VIVID create new modular housing joint venture

BoKlok UK, the sustainable, quality low-cost home provider, jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA, and leading affordable housing provider, VIVID, have announced a new innovative joint venture to deliver modular homes.

Will Needham and Jerker Lessing during the podcasting session.

Jerker Lessing in the new podcast Future Distributed

In September, BoKlok welcomed Will Needham, founder of the Future Distributed podcast, focusing on innovative construction methods. BoKlok, being a sustainable, quality and low-cost home provider with an industrialised building process, had caught his eye. Jerker Lessing, research and development manager at BoKlok, was interviewed for the podcast.

The 36 volumetric elements in the film, took two days to assemble into an entire apartment building with three stories and 12 apartments.

36 apartment modules mounted in 60 seconds!

BoKlok is the sustainable, quality and low-cost home provider jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA, and we build our homes as volumetric elements indoors in an industrialised, modern way of building. On site, they are then assembled into homes.

Efficient, industrial and modern - a smarter way to build!

Efficient, industrial and modern - a smarter way to build!

At BoKlok we call ourselves the sustainable, quality and low-cost home provider. We are jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA and we like to talk about how our way of building is efficient, industrial and modern. But what do we mean by that, and how do we think about efficiency?