The first Wallex production plant will be located in Carabias, Segovia. The 8,000m2 facility will begin operations in December 2020, with a production capacity of approximately 1,000 homes per year.
CEMEX Ventures says Wallex is a freestanding, off-site panelised construction system that simplifies traditional construction processes.
Wallex will employ Grupo Avintia's ÁVIT-A self-supporting off-site panel system, an integral industrialised construction system. The system connects the design and manufacturing process to assembly, using innovative techniques and integrating solutions developed explicitly for the projects' production and assembly chain.
The partners claim the ÁVIT-A system will transform the construction sector by introducing a new industrial construction process based on innovation and collaboration. The objective is that 70% of the construction's structural elements are industrialised and arrive at the worksite for assembling.
They add that the new company seeks to respond to the construction sector's main challenges, reinforcing professionalisation, meeting deadlines, quality, social commitment, and sustainability. The advantages said to be offered by Wallex include a reduction in environmental impact, due to the better use of resources and materials and the reduction in waste generated.
Wallex will also use CEMEX's Resilia, and Insularis concretes' advanced technology, which is designed to offer greater strength with less thickness, eliminating plastic insulators and better acoustic and thermal qualities in the offsite panelised construction process.
Gonzalo Galindo, head of CEMEX Ventures, commented: “Offsite construction can solve the great challenges of the sector, but for this, it is essential to develop an advanced, solid, and quality industrial fabric. We have seen numerous offsite construction solutions worldwide. This alliance between Grupo Avintia and CEMEX Ventures is a real and determined response to a more efficient and sustainable construction."
