<p><span>NHBC has welcomed BoKlok to its NHBC Accepts scheme, its initiative that allows MMC systems to be fast tracked for NHBC warranty.</span></p> <p><span>NHBC’s end-to-end service, launched this summer, is designed to help build confidence in innovative construction. BoKlok’s volumetric timber frame system – BoKlok Flex UK - has been added to the list of NHBC’s accepted systems.</span></p> <p><span>BoKlok’s homes are completed off site in a safe and dry environment through a “smart and industrialised process”, NHBC explained. The properties are then transported to the site for assembly. “This enables high quality, low and predictable costs and minimum waste,” NHBC said.</span></p> <p><span>BoKlok, with its origins in the Nordics, is jointly owned by IKEA and Skanska. It completed its first home in 1997 and has built more than 11,000 homes throughout Sweden, Finland and Norway.</span></p> <p><span>Launching in the UK last year, the company is now set to build more than 400 homes in the South West of England.</span></p> <p><span>After a detailed and robust technical review at key stages, accepted systems receive a certificate, acceptance for NHBC warranty, usage licence for a bespoke NHBC Accepts logo and a listing on the NHBC Accepts web pages alongside other accepted systems.</span></p> <p><span>Richard Lankshear, NHBC’s innovation …
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