The British Red Cross are using factory-produced Kit Homes as construction site offices in the tsunami-stricken Maldives. Timber frame specialist and Chartered Building Company Benfield ATT is supplying six kits to serve as construction site offices on the islands.

The two-bedroom units are designed to be erected by three unskilled labourers in two days and include a studio living area, kitchenette and separate shower room and toilet facilities. They come with foundations, double-glazed windows, ventilation, plumbing and electrical harnessing, together with all the tools, fixings and sealants.

Within two weeks of the order, Benfield ATT had the first one flat packed and on its way. The units can be extended and converted to permanent housing or dismantled and relocated.

The British Red Cross is building over 700 houses on the six of the worst affected islands. The tsunami destroyed 2000 houses in the Maldives leaving 10,000 homeless.

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Construction Manager