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01Site SP-01 / SystemsIllustrative

A serviced site, drawn as PLINTH delivers it.

Factory-built homes set on screw piles, powered by rooftop and ground-mount solar with storage, heated from a geothermal borefield, supplied by a well, with wastewater treated in a wetland that irrigates the fields.

  1. 01Factory-built homes
  2. 02Rooftop solar
  3. 03Ground-mount solar
  4. 04Battery storage
  5. 05Geothermal borefield
  6. 06Well and water storage
  7. 07Treatment wetland
  8. 08Irrigated fields
  9. 09Service corridor
  10. 10Screw-pile foundations

Plate 01 / 30-60 planometric / Not to scale

Sectioned planometric drawing of a self-sufficient residential site on dark ground. Four factory-built homes, each a different configuration and orientation, float above their screw-pile footprints ready to be set down: an L-shaped home, a two-storey home with a cantilevered upper module, an offset pair turned to the slope, and a long single bar. Around them: a ground-mount solar array with battery storage, a geothermal borefield whose loops run down through the cut face, a well and water storage tank, a wastewater plant feeding a constructed wetland whose treated water irrigates the fields, and a shared service corridor along the lane. 03Ground-mount solar08Irrigated fields07Treatment wetland02Rooftop solar04Battery storage01Factory-built homes10Screw-pile foundations09Service corridor06Well and water storage05Geothermal borefieldN01020 m

02PhasesPL-01 – PL-03

Three phases, one record.

PLINTH delivers analytics on the design and deployment of resilient infrastructure. For a parcel and a development program, we establish what the land and the law allow, how the site can be powered, supplied with water and drained, what each option costs, and which hazards and unknowns could change the decision.

AI reads the rules, extracting them from codes and ordinances with the exact excerpt each one rests on. The assessment itself is deterministic: the same inputs always give the same report, and every value cites its source.

PL-01 / 01·03

assess

Eleven dimensions screened, from flood and wetlands to access, regulation and environmental records.

09 services

PL-01 / Services

Every parcel is screened on eleven dimensions, from flood and wetlands to access, regulation and environmental records. A mapped hazard opens an investigation; only an established incompatibility counts as a fatal flaw.

  1. 01Soil classification
  2. 02Percolation testing
  3. 03Sunlight and solar access
  4. 04Energy access and grid capacity
  5. 05Flood and wetland screening
  6. 06Water supply and wells
  7. 07Zoning, use and yield
  8. 08Access and frontage
  9. 09Environmental records

PL-02 / 02·03

design

Connected, self-reliant and hybrid servicing compared at the same home count, each costed as a range.

09 services

PL-02 / Services

Connected, self-reliant and hybrid servicing are compared at the same home count. Power, water and wastewater are sized separately, and every option is costed as a low, likely and high range.

  1. 01Site layout and yield
  2. 02Unit selection and specification
  3. 03Servicing scenarios
  4. 04Solar and storage sizing
  5. 05Water and wastewater design
  6. 06Stormwater and grading
  7. 07Cost ranges
  8. 08Outage resilience test
  9. 09Permit drawing set

PL-03 / 03·03

deploy

Factory-built units specified for the site’s climate and risks, set on prepared foundations.

09 services

PL-03 / Services

The hazard profile and servicing plan set the unit specification. Units are built in the factory for the site’s climate and risks, then set on prepared foundations and commissioned.

  1. 01Factory manufacturing
  2. 02Foundations and screw piles
  3. 03Logistics and delivery
  4. 04Craning and setting
  5. 05Utility connections
  6. 06Solar and battery commissioning
  7. 07Inspections and sign-off
  8. 08Handover documentation
  9. 09Performance monitoring

Open a sheet to see the services in that phase

03MethodHow an assessment runs

From a parcel to a risk strategy and costs

How an assessment runs: a parcel, drawn in plan, has its site factors read, from soils, percolation and well depth to zoning, ordinances and water service. These go into the PLINTH engine, which produces two outputs: a risk mitigation design strategy, and costs. 01InputParcel02ReadSite factors03AssessPLINTH engine04OutputRisk mitigationdesign strategy05OutputCostsSoil seriesSandy loamPercolation12 min/inDepth to groundwater2.4 mWell depth, nearby98 mWell yield45 gpmWater serviceNone within 1 kmSewer serviceNoneZoning districtRural residentialMinimum lot0.8 haSetbacks15 / 6 / 9 mOrdinances14 applicableWetland buffer30 mFlood zoneX, 0.6 ac AESlope, mean4.2%Bedrock depth3.1 mGeotech bearing150 kPaFrost depth1.2 mRoad frontage74 mGrid distance640 mSolar resource1,480 kWh/kWpSnow load2.4 kPaWind speed46 m/sEasements2 recordedSeptic rulesMound requiredSoil seriesSandy loamPercolation12 min/inDepth to groundwater2.4 mWell depth, nearby98 mWell yield45 gpmWater serviceNone within 1 kmSewer serviceNoneZoning districtRural residentialMinimum lot0.8 haSetbacks15 / 6 / 9 mOrdinances14 applicableWetland buffer30 mFlood zoneX, 0.6 ac AESlope, mean4.2%Bedrock depth3.1 mGeotech bearing150 kPaFrost depth1.2 mRoad frontage74 mGrid distance640 mSolar resource1,480 kWh/kWpSnow load2.4 kPaWind speed46 m/sEasements2 recordedSeptic rulesMound required24+ factors
  1. 01

    Risk mitigation

    Hazards and unknowns found early, from flood and wetlands to slope and soils, each with a design response.

  2. 02

    Servicing costs

    Power, water and wastewater compared as connected, self-reliant and hybrid, each costed as a low, likely and high range.

  3. 03

    Development barriers

    Zoning, ordinances, permits and encumbrances that could stop or slow the build, and what it takes to clear them.

  4. 04

    Residual land cost

    What the land is worth once servicing, risk and build costs are taken out.

04Contactbusiness@plinth-labs.com

Work with PLINTH

A / Demo

A walkthrough on your own site

Bring a site and a development program. We run the screen, the servicing comparison and the unit match, and walk you through the result.

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B / Contact

Sites, markets and units

For anything else, write to us directly.

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