Building with steel is increasingly competitive

According to data from the Argentine Steel Chamber (CAA), the work process of Modular or Prefabricated House reduces construction times by 50%which allows that from the beginning and until the end they will pass between 5 and 6 months, depending on the case.

Another incentive for the insertion of these models are The costs. “The final prices to be paid, according to the chosen project, can be between 25 and 30% below traditional values,” says the report.

Lucas Salvatore, director of Idero, puts it in Round numbers: “For modular houses we are at approximately US $ 750 x m2 on truck in our factory and US $ 920 x m2 with transportation, foundations and assembly, in Buenos Aires area.”

On the other hand, the traditional construction of wet work “is very subsidized by cheap labor”, Considers Salvatore. And explains that in industrialized construction the relationship is invested, the price of the material influences the cost, over the incidence of the cost of labor.

“Now metal construction becomes more competitive because Steel comes down And the concrete has been raising its cost, ”says the head of Idero.

Specialists agree on the Competitiveness of metal systems: certainty in compliance with times and price, clarity to certify and security for the worker.

“With the change of economic paradigm, now the industrialization of construction has more logic. Inflation distorted Both the number that the savings or efficiency that adds an engineering process made no sense, was lost in the time demanded by the process, ”says Salvatore.

In addition, it emphasizes that building fast makes sense to the investor Because it allows the return to be much larger: “It is not the same 30% in three years as 20% in one,” compares.

In turn, the sector needs Raise the demand to be able Lower costs of production and Gain competitiveness. It needs the direct demand of the end users, for which it needs the mortgage credit to return.

Idero is one of the companies that have an agreement with the Mortgage Bank, which recently added a Specific credit line for modular housing. “It is a 7 -year personal loan for which we have approved the house line. The fee is still high,” Razona Salvatore.

And adds: “We made a big effort to lower the costs 900 dollars m2 the house finished with 90 -day delivery capacity and pay 30 years with credit. Our bet is to reach 50 houses per month, integrate the chain and lower costs. ”

In that sense, Salvatore deepens: “A precise structure is the key to industrializing the rest of the workhire all other items without problem. In addition, if you integrate the design, that is, if we arrive on time in the project, we see more potential and the niche is growing. Not to mention when time is money, for example, in hotel projects, rental or commercial developments where there is a turnover associated with time ”.

Precisely, the firm carries out housing projects for rent. Añelo Central is the second of the three projects developed by the construction company Idero in Vaca Muerta, Neuquén (already built two buildings in the complex Añelo space).

In just 28 days, the firm has managed to assemble the first building of this complex of Modular six -story constructionthe one with the highest in the country.

It is a residential complex with the project of the Sebastián Architects and Associates study, (and the developer is Deur) that will offer more than 1,500 places, amenities such as gym, coworking spaces, meeting rooms, microcine and training areas, according to the demand of companies. He First block, mounted in a month, has 24 departments 2 bedrooms.

The construction of Central Añelo is based on 3D modules that are manufactured in plant and are Moved to work with an 80% degree of progressonly the assembly in work and the connection of facilities subtracts.

“The limitation of the modular system are the design dimensions, about 3.20 m wide, and is a repetition solution. The cost is around US $ 1400 to 1500 per m2 in the Buenos Aires area,” says Salvatore.

To projects that require more design flexibilitythe price of the metal structure for a multi -story building is around US $ 300 per m2 + VAT, Salvatore estimates.

It would be the case of Belvedere Garden, a Tiscornia Camps project in Tigre (Belvedere Development Development). The complex is composed of four residential towers of 10 and 12 floors with varied typologies of units, large spaces for amenities and a commercial basement, with 35 thousand m2.