All offsite construction articles
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CommentA vision for a construction project in 2030
We need to stimulate new thinking, debate and research directions to carry the industry into the next decade, says Dr Brian Sheil
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CommentHas MMC gone from an industry salvation to a pseudo solution?
Once touted as the answer to all our productivity woes, MMC increasingly looks like it may have been just another wacky idea with little chance of success in these uncertain times, writes Richard Steer
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News‘It’s been a torrid time’: Modulous boss Chris Bone on the offsite housing firm’s collapse
Firm latest in line of MMC firms to sink into administration
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NewsConstruction cannot ‘tweak broken model’ to solve productivity puzzle, says MMC boss
Merit’s Tony Wells tells conference industry needs radical rethink
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NewsOffsite firm to deliver £25m MMC hospital block for Birmingham NHS trust
Scheme first of its kind for northern offsite specialist
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CommentContracting for offsite schemes
Peter Hibberd sets out the JCT standard form options when selecting a contract for a project that will use modern methods of construction
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NewsStaff made redundant as offsite specialist Mid Group collapses
Administrators looking to transfer contracts to other firms
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NewsHomes England vows to keep working with ‘innovative partners’ after Urban Splash JV collapse
Administrators say 160 positions will be made redundant as modular business part-owned by Homes England enters administration
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NewsKier completes £250m prison using MMC
Five Wells prison in Northamptonshire built almost entirely from standardised components
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CommentMMC will encourage more women into construction
A fixed workplace, flexible shift patterns and job security would all create a better gender balance in the industry, Rosa Turner Wood writes
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FeaturesGrange University Hospital: How offsite methods helped deliver covid-19 beds and fast-track the whole build
Wales’ biggest ever health infrastructure project, the £350m Grange University Hospital, was planned from the start for rapid delivery, using offsite methods and a collaborative approach – but then covid-19 struck and the client needed beds available even faster. How did the project team do it?
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NewsPandemic shuts L&G’s modular factory
Insurance giant confirms Leeds plant not operating as firm wins virtual planning for Surrey housing
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NewsStudent homes specialist admits sector needs to up game on zero-carbon targets
UPP director says MMC to play bigger role in developments
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NewsConstruction Innovation Hub launches offsite programme
Programme announced at Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry
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NewsGreenwich council starts search for offsite homes provider
It is looking for a single “turnkey” provider to build new homes under the £320m deal
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NewsGovernment assembling £1.2bn modular framework
News comes as government departments team up to look at modern methods of construction
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NewsBirmingham council reveals modular housing plan
Specialists put on notice for the programme's pilot next spring
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NewsLovell OK'd for 200 homes in Lancashire
The housebuilder will use modern methods of construction at Leyland site
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NewsPeers call on industry to get its act together over off-site manufacturing
House of Lords Science Technology committee report calls for ‘strong leadership’ from the Construction Leadership Council
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NewsSupport off-site production to meet your targets, housing associations tell government
Report calls on Homes England to invest if associations are to meet ambitious build targets