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.
Two projects from the Bristol Housing Festival (BHF) are now well underway, as each aims to combat the housing crisis through innovative modular solutions.
The new £6.5m Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) scheme, funded by Innovate UK, could transform and modernise how homes are built.
Modular building specialist Caledonian has won two large school projects under the Department for Education (DfE) frameworks in quick succession worth £38m.
Precast concrete is virtually unlimited in its application including the entire structure or selected elements such as frame, floors, walls, stairs or balconies.
Astel Modular, one of the largest house factory groups in the Baltic countries, will begin manufacturing one of the biggest prefabricated modular apartment buildings in Finland.
Kingmoor Park in Carlisle is set to benefit from modular business space, in a development that will be a first for Cumbria and one of the first of its kind in the Northwest.
The housing crisis will not simply be solved by just supplying more properties but, crucially, building more affordable homes in the places people need them.
Weston Logistics, part of volume housebuilder Weston Group, has opened the Braintree Logistics Centre, a new distribution and offsite housebuilding factory.
Communities Secretary James Brokenshire has announced a multi-million pound funding injection from Homes England to build new modular homes on top of some of the capital’s buildings.
Millions of shipping containers are going unused. Could this be an answer to the global housing crisis? Shipping container experts Cleveland Containers explore further.
Joseph Daniels, CEO of Project Etopia, takes a look at how modular building is going to give small developers a bit of a rebirth after the financial crisis largely wiped them out.
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.
