How a build reaches the community
From the first call to the last module set.
Herauf Modular builds homes and community buildings as finished sections indoors in its Saskatchewan and BC plants, then delivers and sets them in the community. Most builds are manufactured and delivered in about 16 weeks, with the site prepared at the same time.
Six steps.
Enquiry and budget estimate
Send the building type, the community and how it is reached. Herauf replies within one business day, and a budget estimate is the first step.
Layout and quote
Each catalogue layout is a starting point, changed to suit the community. The quote, the layout and the delivery schedule are what a funding application usually has to show.
Built indoors
Every building is built as finished sections inside a factory and inspected at every stage. The season never touches the build. Every unit meets or exceeds CSA A277 and the National Building Code for climate zones 6 through 8.
Site work alongside
Foundations, pads and services are prepared on site while the building is made. Or the building sits on the Herauf portable steel skid, which stays under it, so the build does not wait on a poured foundation.
Delivery
By highway, winter road or ice road. For a community reached by winter road, Herauf builds through the off-season and times delivery to the ice-road window, as it did roughly 1,300 km north to St. Theresa Point First Nation.
Set on site
Because the buildings are finished before they leave, installation is quick. At the Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement, 20 homes turned an empty plot into a lived-in community within days.
From the plant and the field.
Herauf's own footage: inside the plant, a frozen site being opened up, and a load leaving for St. Theresa Point.
Planning around the winter road?
For a community reached by winter road, the delivery window sets the schedule. Herauf builds through the off-season so the buildings are ready when the road opens.
The order date works backward from that window, and from any funding deadline. The blog has a month-by-month planning guide, and the funding guide on heraufmodular.com covers the programs.
Delivery, answered.
Does winter delay delivery?
Herauf delivers year-round. Winter is often the only season some sites can be reached: we have delivered homes over winter ice roads to St. Theresa Point First Nation in Manitoba, and heavy loads often move more easily on frozen ground.
Is a winter-delivered building as well built?
It's identical, because the season never touches the build. Every unit is manufactured indoors to CSA A277 and the National Building Code for climate zones 6 through 8, with a continuously insulated, airtight envelope.
How long does a build take?
Most builds are manufactured and delivered in about 16 weeks, with foundations, pads and services prepared on site at the same time.
Do the buildings need a poured foundation?
No. A building can go on a permanent foundation, or on the Herauf portable steel skid that stays under it and lets it be relocated if the community's needs change.
Work with us.
Send the building type, the community and how it is reached. Herauf replies within one business day.