Farmer tasked with spearheading MMC ‘construction corridor’ in north

By Joey Gardiner2019-11-11T06:00:00

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Source: The McAvoy Group

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The government’s newly appointed MMC champion Mark Famer will be tasked with developing the recently announced hi-tech “construction corridor” across the north of England, the government has said.

Farmer, author of the scathing Modernise or Die report on construction for the government, was formally appointed the government’s champion of modern methods of construction (MMC) by housing minister Esther McVey last week.

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