Construction company Beard has entered into a strategic partnership with Green Unit Limited.

The partnership was formed to help boost production of modular low-carbon buildings. The move is part of Beard's ambition to be more sustainable and to more actively drive sustainable alternatives in the construction industry.

Beard had been studying opportunities to join forces with a sustainable and eco-friendly business, focused on modern methods of construction (MMC). The partnership enhances Green Unit’s ability to provide its customers with premium quality, modular, eco-buildings for commercial, community and residential use.


It will enable Green Unit to expand demand across a variety of sectors, such as healthcare, education and leisure, as it will be able to increase manufacturing in its new production space.

As the UK heads into a winter set to be dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, Green Unit will continue to provide its distinctive modular units to the NHS for various uses such as staff respite and patient care areas.

Green Unit was co-founded in 2012 by Jonathan Finnerty, to develop distinctive eco-buildings, which are design-focused and based on Passivhaus principles to create a sense of peace and relaxation for users.

As well as being environmentally-friendly they are built with low embodied carbon and high operational performance due to their levels of insulation and airtightness.

The buildings are manufactured offsite in sections, transported by road and delivered to site virtually complete. The investment from Beard will enable Green Unit to relocate its operations to a 21,000 m² factory at Lockwood Farm, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, which will significantly increase its production capacity.

While Green Unit Limited remains an independent company, Beard’s Chad Murrin will sit on the board of Green Unit as part of this partnership.