All MMC articles – Page 4
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Comment
We have the right ingredients for industry transformation
A raft of sector initiatives are now working together to create real change, write Trudi Sully and Mark FarmerÂ
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Features
In Business: T&T’s Vince Clancy on why the global picture gives him confidence
Turner & Townsend’s boss is looking beyond the UK’s third lockdown to a ‘golden era’ for construction
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Northern housing associations form offsite alliance
Group aims to build 9,000 homes a year by 2023
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Positive trends that will shape procurement in 2021
HLM’s Philip Watson welcomes certain departments’ refreshing approaches to awarding public sector contracts
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Spending review: Few surprises but some useful indicators
Government made few new capital spending pledges, but it did publish documents that show a better approach to procuring projects, says Mark Farmer
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Housing department to launch research project into MMC
Initiative designed to shed more light on new technologies
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Gleeds report shows industry turning to MMC to beat covid slowdown
Consultant says method helping speed up project delivery times
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MMC 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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The changing language of construction
ISG’s Debbie Hobbs picks out the latest jargon that says so much about rapidly evolving building practicesÂ
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Build 75,000 modular homes a year, new report tells government
Move would see off-site lose ‘cottage industry’ status, says MMC champion Mark Farmer
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Modular is not delivering, here’s why
To revolutionise how we build we need a complete change of mindset, says Buro Happold’s Wolf Mangelsdorf
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Comment
Offsite’s time has come
A trial started 18 months ago is looking at technology that has the potential to monitor safe social distancing, says Stewart Milne’s Stewart Dalgarno
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Features
Grange 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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Sites won’t return to 100% productivity until 2m rule is relaxed, experts warn
Specialists say technology cannot plug all gaps caused by social distancing protocols
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Atkins and Faithful+Gould picked for ​Homes England MMC research
New study will include Urban Splash, Countryside and Vistry developments
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Government tells NHS to use offsite construction for £2.7bn building programme
Health minister says standardised components will help buildings’ adaptability
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Winners for £3bn offsite schools framework revealed
School building programme will focus on modern methods of construction
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Swan latest modular firm to ditch CLT for high-rise apartments
Housing association says combustibles ban prompted decision to move to steel system for offsite homes
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Offsite agenda is key to the growth of regional economies
After a tumultuous year, it’s important that this attention to the industry strategy and its offsite agenda is sustained by the new government
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Tough times force McCarthy & Stone to ramp up part exchange deals
Operating margins taking hit, retirement specialist admits