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Permanent Buildings, engineered to perform
From standalone buildings and estate extensions to complex multi-storey facilities, Thurston designs, manufactures and delivers permanent modular buildings around the operational, technical and regulatory requirements of each project.
Controlled UK offsite manufacture combines the quality and long-term performance expected of a permanent building with greater programme and delivery and helping reduce disruption on site.
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Built on over 50 years of modular experience
For more than 50 years, Thurston has designed, manufactured and delivered permanent and semi-permanent buildings for demanding public and private-sector environments. Combining controlled, offsite, UK manufacture with experienced design, project and delivery teams, we turn complex requirements into practical permanent buildings that work in the real world
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The challenges we solve
Growing demand
Whether you're exploring options for permanent or semi-permanent, our team is ready to help solve your challenge.
Minimal disruption
Our offsite manufacturing process allows building production and site preparation to progress concurrently, helping to improve programme efficiency and reduce the volume and duration of activity at the final location, reducing disruption whilst giving you greater control over quality, specifications and delivery.
Complex Needs
Whether the site is constrained, the building must integrate with existing facilities or the specification is technically demanding, we’ll work with you from day one to engineer buildings around your operational, technical and regulatory needs.
Long term performance
Manufactured under controlled conditions and designed for long-term use, our permanent buildings combine durable structural systems with project-specific internal and external specifications.
Our SureSpan structural system is supported by BBA certification and assessed for a 60-year design life, subject to the design, installation and maintenance conditions set out in the applicable certificate.
Procurement and delivery confidence
Our experience as a turnkey delivery partner and our position on established public-sector frameworks provide customers with recognised routes to procure projects of different scales and complexities.
Controlled from brief to handover
Our defined design, manufacture and delivery process takes your brief and turns it into a solution to meet your needs. From the first design conversation to final handover, our process brings together engineering, manufacturing and project delivery to manage technical requirements, programme, quality and site disruption:
Built for sectors where performance matters
Our permanent buildings bring the benefits of offsite manufacture to sectors that need quality, efficiency and dependable long-term performance.
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Quality, Safety & Assurance
Our independently assessed management systems and recognised industry standards provide customers with confidence in the quality, safety, environmental responsibility and control behind how we manufacture and deliver.
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Education & Learning Spaces
From full schools and teaching blocks to classrooms, SEND facilities, libraries and specialist learning environments, we create permanent education buildings around capacity, curriculum and estate requirements.
Healthcare Facilities
Permanent clinical and operational spaces including ward extensions, primary care facilities, consultation environments and other healthcare accommodation.
Office & Workplace
Long-term office and workplace environments, from operational and support offices to call centres, visitor facilities, sales offices and larger workplace buildings.
Living Accommodation
Purpose-designed accommodation for long-term living requirements, including single living accommodation and student accommodation.
Laboratory and Technical Spaces
Permanent laboratory and technical environments designed around specialist workflows, equipment, services and operational requirements.
Gatehouses & Security Buildings
Purpose-designed gatehouses and security buildings that support access control, monitoring and the day-to-day operation of secure sites.
Custodial Facilities
Secure, robust custodial buildings including custody suites and cell accommodation, developed around demanding operational and regulatory requirements.
Bring us your building challenge
Whether you’re expanding an existing estate or developing a standalone or multi-storey facility, involve our team early. We’ll help you to assess the brief, site constraints, programme, specification and most appropriate route to delivery.
