Some of Uganda Baati products. The company thrives on innovation
Uganda Baati Limited, a member of Safal Group and one of Uganda’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of quality steel building solutions, plans to introduce foldable housing units so as to cater for the Generation Z (Gen Z). This is premised on the fact that young people are not interested in building traditional houses. A foldable house means that the owner is able to fold it and move to a new location of their choice.
This as the Company celebrates 60 years of “building Uganda together.”
During a breakfast meeting with the media last week, Uganda Baati revealed that they plan to unveil foldable housing units in the next 5 to 10 years. The company is already researching along this line.
In an interview with Apoorva Hemantha, the Head Sales Building Solutions at Uganda Baati, on the sidelines of the breakfast meeting, he said that the company is already using a light-gauge roofing system (ultra-span), away from the traditional timber, iron sheets, and nails, during the construction of factories and warehouses, among others, since 2020.
Using technology, Apoorva says that the company is going in the direction of frame guard steel for the wall. This, he said, will replace brick, cement, and sand. Apoorva adds that the use of light gauge and and the frame guard is efficient, effective and cheaper.
With the light guard roofing system and the frame guard, Apoorva says foldable housing units will hit the market in the next few years.
He, however, says that engineers in the construction sector are yet to embrace the technology. He argues that engineers in the sectors are used to traditional brick, sand, cement, iron sheets, timber, and nails, among others.
Apoorva says that there is continuous engagement with the sector for purposes of mindset change.
