Modular methods of construction – lifting the UK’s productivity barriers

By Jonathan White2019-03-13T06:00:00

Despite the strides of new ways of working, onsite construction is still considered the “go-to”

Modular methods of construction (MMC) have long been heralded as the future of the building industry. Yet despite the strides made in addressing the issues that people felt were holding back its implementation – like collaboration across the supply chain – onsite construction is currently still considered the “go-to” approach.

For decades, there has been a push for innovation. Sir John Egan called for “radical changes to the processes through which [the industry] delivers its projects” in his Rethinking Construction review just over 20 years ago. And while those radical changes didn’t happen at the rate and pace he envisaged, recent announcements in the sector reflect the type of progress he sought to prompt.

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