Insulation specialists Actis have emphasised the need for increased offsite-construction and bringing more young people into the construction sector to deliver the Government's planning reforms.
Housebuilders must look for practical solutions such as hybrid built homes as the industry faces hefty housebuilding targets, tight budgets and programmes, and the need for sustainability.
Dr Dáithí Downey, author of Boosting Ireland’s Housing Supply: Modern Methods of Construction and Paul Tierney, CEO of MMC Ireland, examine the report’s findings...
PBC Today sat down with MBI's European membership director Alan Milne, to discuss the inaugural World of Modular Europe event and how modular construction is becoming an industry staple.
Ireland’s Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, in cooperation with the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment, has secured and awarded €5m to Construct Innovate’s research to support affordable, better quality, safer and more sustainable housing
With the UK government’s housing targets setting an ambitious tone, we are responding to the sector’s growing need for sustainable, efficient construction methods by hosting a series of CPD webinars on hybrid and offsite solutions.
Robert Hairstans, the director of the Centre for Advanced Timber Technologies (CATT) at the New Model Institute of Technology and Engineering (NMITE), discusses how timber in the construction industry will help achieve UK Government goals for more homes and reduced emissions.
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Robotics and intelligent automation can reshape modular construction, and contribute to solving the global housing shortage, writes Gilles Retsin, co-founder and chief technology officer/chief architect at Automated Architecture.
With photovoltaic modules, CONTAINEX modules can now also be used as a green energy source for the first time. This and other energy-saving equipment options ensure greater sustainability and energy efficiency on construction sites.
The construction sector remains vital to the British economy. Against the backdrop of a changing political landscape, Jackie Maginnis, chief executive of the Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA), considers the wider implications of slowing or even stalling the delivery of public projects
Collaboration must be the cornerstone of biochar’s future as a sustainable building material, writes Dr Mehreen Saleem Gul, assistant professor in architectural engineering at Heriot-Watt University.
A new webinar CPD series from Sano will delve into hybrid construction methods, exploring how they might be best implemented to achieve UK housing targets.
CONTAINEX offers a variety of storage solutions that can be tailored to your project- with customisable modules and more affordable options for long-term hire.
