Why Us
Experience luxury, sustainability, and environmental harmony with Project Pod.
About
Experience luxury, sustainability, and environmental harmony with Project Pod.
Project Pod is a revolutionary product in overwater bungalow construction aims to deliver a unique product to resort owners, architects, real estate developers and home owners.
Redefining luxury living above the waves with innovation, sustainability and environmental consciousness at our core. In destinations like the Maldives, Seychelles, Fiji, Mauritius and beyond, we’re setting a new standard for bungalow living above water.
We provide solutions to resorts and hotels by solving and creating unique designs and green, fully recyclable solutions in the construction space.
Made out of SpeedSteel, we aim to deliver substructures that is focused on sustainability, leaves minimal impact or footprint in the sea.
Our products do not introduce any poisonous products into the sea
By concentrating our design efforts in creating modular overwater structures, we are determined to speed up the initial construction process through our patented steel and interlocking structures. These solutions provide sustainable, durable and an intrinsic value to property owners who are building structures on water. Our structures also promote coral growth as well as creating sustainable environments for sea creatures.
Speed Steel Project Pod System
Treated Timber
In-Situ Concrete
Pre-Cast Concrete
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SpeedSteel: Modular Steel Construction
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End-to-end process minimizes raw material wastage and emissions, with cradle-to-grave recyclability
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Engineered to withstand harsh Indian Ocean conditions.
IN-DEPTH SYSTEM COMPARISON
Our steel “pod” system
The columns for this system can be pre-cast concrete, concrete spun piles or steel round columns. The preference in this system is to use steel columns as a fast method of placing the columns. Steel column round piles will be driven into the seabed using an excavator mounted vibrating head. Once the columns are driven to the seabed, the top of the steel piles will be cut to level. On top of the steel columns the factory designed steel “pods” will be fixed. Due to the design and factory construction of the “pods” the number of piles under the room can be reduced. For example, a 110 sq. meter floor needs only 7 columns. The “pods” measurements are controlled to fit into a 20 ft or 40 ft container with no wasted space in the container. Once the “pods” are discharged to the island, the pods will float and can be taken to the location very easily. Concrete components have to be moved with large excavators running on the seabed.
H6 treated pine poles are used as columns. A concrete base for these columns is cast on the beach. Columns are placed in the sea by digging a hole with an excavator and burying the base of the pole. Once all poles are in location, top of the poles are cut so the top of all columns are level. All the poles need to be braces with timber braces to stop the lateral movement of the structure from waves as well wind. The sub-floor is made up of H4 treated pine timber bearers and joists. Due to the nature of timber bearers the columns are spaced around 1.500 meters. This results in a large number of columns under the building. Placing a large number of columns is time consuming. The floor is made of 20 mm compressed cement boards.
Concrete columns are cast on land and carried by an excavator to the location of the building and are buried using the excavator in the same way as the timber columns. Once in location the top portion of the column has to be cast to make sure all column tops are level for the beams to sit on. When all the columns are ready beams and floor slab is cast in-situ. This method is very time consuming and causes a lot of wastage for boxing timber. The seabed is not flat since the installation of props is expensive and again time-consuming.
This is a much faster system. The columns, beams and floor slab components are produced in a concrete pre-casting factory. The transport cost of taking all finished components are rather high as local transport cost within the Maldives is high. The columns are place in the same process as the above 2. Once columns are in place in-situ top up pies has to be cast to make the top of all columns level.
IN-DEPTH SYSTEM COMPARISON
Our steel “pod” system
The columns for this system can be pre-cast concrete, concrete spun piles or steel round columns. The preference in this system is to use steel columns as a fast method of placing the columns. Steel column round piles will be driven into the seabed using an excavator mounted vibrating head. Once the columns are driven to the seabed, the top of the steel piles will be cut to level. On top of the steel columns the factory designed steel “pods” will be fixed. Due to the design and factory construction of the “pods” the number of piles under the room can be reduced. For example, a 110 sq. meter floor needs only 7 columns. The “pods” measurements are controlled to fit into a 20 ft or 40 ft container with no wasted space in the container. Once the “pods” are discharged to the island, the pods will float and can be taken to the location very easily. Concrete components have to be moved with large excavators running on the seabed.
Treated timber system
H6 treated pine poles are used as columns. A concrete base for these columns is cast on the beach. Columns are placed in the sea by digging a hole with an excavator and burying the base of the pole. Once all poles are in location, top of the poles are cut so the top of all columns are level. All the poles need to be braces with timber braces to stop the lateral movement of the structure from waves as well wind. The sub-floor is made up of H4 treated pine timber bearers and joists. Due to the nature of timber bearers the columns are spaced around 1.500 meters. This results in a large number of columns under the building. Placing a large number of columns is time consuming. The floor is made of 20 mm compressed cement boards.
In-situ concrete system
Concrete columns are cast on land and carried by an excavator to the location of the building and are buried using the excavator in the same way as the timber columns. Once in location the top portion of the column has to be cast to make sure all column tops are level for the beams to sit on. When all the columns are ready beams and floor slab is cast in-situ. This method is very time consuming and causes a lot of wastage for boxing timber. The seabed is not flat since the installation of props is expensive and again time-consuming.
Pre-cast concrete system
This is a much faster system. The columns, beams and floor slab components are produced in a concrete pre-casting factory. The transport cost of taking all finished components are rather high as local transport cost within the Maldives is high. The columns are place in the same process as the above 2. Once columns are in place in-situ top up pies has to be cast to make the top of all columns level.
