25.07.2022Prices, installation period, advantages and limitations of different residential building construction technologies.
State-of-the-art building technologies help to construct the reliable and energy-efficient buildings quickly, saving not only on materials and installation, but on operating and maintenance costs as well. For understanding of materials which are the most suitable for construction of the building, detailed knowledge of particularities and limitations of different construction solutions is required.
Rauta experts have analyzed construction technologies which are the most popular in Ukraine, including frameless solutions, traditional cottage and high-rise building construction methods.
Comparison of Low-Rise Capital Construction Technologies
Construction technology | Construction period, months | Price*, $/m2 | Advantages | Limitations |
Sandwich panel house 
| 1-2 | 750-1050 | - Maximum energy efficiency
- No wet processes
- All-season installation
- Erection without truck crane
- Installation in areas with remote concrete delivery
- Possibility to relocate
- Possibility to use without additional finishing works
- Possibility to install in potentially impounded areas
- Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - Up to 2 floors
- Room width up to 4.5 m, any length
|
Thermal block house
| 2-3 | 550-700 | - The lowest price
- High energy efficiency
- High durability
| - No possibility to relocate
- Wet processes
- Flammability of foamed plastic
- Low resistance to rodents
- Environmental burden
|
Timber house
| 2-3 | 500-650 | - Environmentally friendly
Good energy efficiency
Installation in areas with remote concrete delivery
Minimum need of truck crane
Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - High flammability
- Up to 3 floors
- Regular renovation of fire protection and biologic protection
|
SIP panel house
| 3-4 | 700-800 | - High energy efficiency
- Installation in areas with remote concrete delivery
- Minimum need of truck crane
- Possibility to install in potentially impounded areas
- Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - Up to 3 floors
- Wet processes
- Regular renovation of fire protection and biologic protection
|
3D-printed house
| 3-4 | 1200-1400 | - Minimum number of workers
- Ability to create a complex building shape
| - Up to 3 floors
- Restrictions on floor coverings
- Impossibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
- Wet processes
- No possibility to relocate
- No regulatory building norms
- The relief texture of the walls accumulates dust and dirt
- Low durability
- Low energy efficiency (availability of thermal bridges)
|
Frame and straw panel house
| 3-4 | 650-850 | - Environmentally friendly
- High energy efficiency
- Installation in areas with remote concrete delivery
- Minimum need of truck crane
- Possibility to install in potentially impounded areas
- Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - Up to 3 floors
- No possibility to relocate
- Wet processes
- Regular renovation of fire protection and biologic protection
|
Frame timber house
| 4-5 | 700-850 | - Environmentally friendly
- Installation in areas with remote concrete delivery
- Minimum need of truck crane
- Possibility to install in potentially impounded areas
- Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - Up to 3 floors
- No possibility to relocate
- Wet processes
- Regular renovation of fire protection and biologic protection
|
Steel work house
| 4-5 | 900-1100 | - No wet processes
- All-season installation
- Installation in areas with remote concrete delivery
| - Many truck crane works
- No possibility to relocate
|
LGSF house
| 6 | 850-950 | - No wet processes
- All-season installation
- Minimum need of truck crane
- Installation in areas with remote concrete delivery
- Possibility to install in potentially impounded areas
- Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - Up to 3 floors
- Need to involve high-skilled installers
- No possibility to relocate
|
Gas concrete block
| 6-9 | 800-900 | - Waste experience of use
- Easy in erection
- Minimum need of truck crane
- Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - Wet processes
- No possibility to relocate
- Need of external thermal insulation
|
Brick house
| 9-15 | 900-1100 | - Waste experience of use
- Easy in erection
- Minimum need of truck crane
- Possibility to install in hard-to-reach areas
| - Wet processes
- No possibility to relocate
- Need of external thermal insulation
|
Comparison of High-Rise Construction Technologies
Construction technology | Construction period, months | Price*, $/m2 | Advantages | Limitations |
Panel building (pre-fabricated concrete frame)
| 7-8 | 675-820 | - Waste experience of use
- No need of internal plastering works
- Frame elements pre-fabricated by manufacturer
| - Up to 26 floors
- Efficient delivery within 150 km from production site
- No possibility to change floor layout
- Low sound insulation
- Need of external thermal insulation
- Low blast resistance
|
Metal work building
| 7-9 | 790-830 | - Free floor layout
Unlimited number of floors
Frame elements pre-fabricated by manufacturer
No need of external thermal insulation, if sandwich panels are used
| - Need of fire protection
- Need to involve high-skilled installers
|
Monolith reinforced concrete frame building
| 14-16 | 750-910 | | - High costs of construction in winter
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* Prices are valid as of the date of writing the article
