Architects, specifiers, and builders working on renovations and extensions must address changing Building Regulations, the impact of extreme temperatures on occupants, and construction time efficiency. Many are finding that the Actis Hybrid range and the new two-in-one Eolis HC meet all these needs.
Richard Crosby, director of construction consultants blacc, looks at how a pioneering consortium could transform the way schools are designed, procured and built offsite.
Nine pre-built apartments have been lifted by a 200-tonne crane into 50 Park Street, Bristol, through the open roof into the cleared shell of the building.
Jeremy English, sales director for manufacturing at Södra Wood, Sweden’s largest forest-owner association, explores how timber can facilitate less expensive, more efficient and attractive construction.
Scaling up and maturing the offsite manufacturing sector could create an “Uber moment” for housebuilding, says Dave Sheridan, executive chairman of ilke Homes.
New build housing starts fell by 9% in the first quarter of 2019, according to the latest statistics. Joseph Daniels, chief executive of modular homes provider Project Etopia, argues that the system is clearly failing and there is a need for speed in both planning and construction.
Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) is a pioneering project that puts collaboration, digital working and large-scale offsite manufacturing at the heart of tackling the housing crisis. Stewart Dalgarno, director of product development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, explains how it works.
Ian Atkinson and Ryan Lavers of law firm Womble Bond Dickinson examine the rise of Modern Methods of Construction and whether they are having the impact predicted.
Modular, offsite construction has received major recognition after SPECIFIC’s Active Office took home the first-ever Innovation in Delivering a Sustainable Education Facility Award.
The Construction Innovation Hub is offering businesses the chance to get involved in the Platform Design Programme which will create the next generation of DfMA new build projects.
As the single recognised voice for promoting and marketing members’ products and services, the MPBA plays a key role in the connecting of sectors in the modular and portable building industry.
Bouygues Batiment International and Dragages Singapore have completed the construction of the world’s tallest modular buildings, the Clement Canopy buildings in Singapore.
As the international trade association for modular construction, the Modular Building Institute's mission is to expand the use of offsite construction through innovation and education.
