Ross Baxter, managing director of Saint-Gobain Off-Site Solutions, explains how Categories two, three, five, and six as defined by the UK Government’s cross-industry working group for Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), can be utilised as part of the wider solution to solve the UK's housing crisis.
Digital construction tools can boost modular construction by enabling leaner production and the use of more sustainable materials, argue Ben Townsend, solution specialist and Elitsa Yakimov, UK marketing manager at Graitec.
When it comes to the construction industry, mobile space systems such as contractors’ offices, welfare facilities, canteens, workshops and accommodations play a crucial role at every construction site. One of the major players in the market is the Austrian container, cabin and modular building manufacturer CONTAINEX.
The House of Lords Built Environment Committee will hear from Daiwa on their use of modern methods of construction(MMC) and how it could be used more successfully in the UK.
The Edwin Jones Academy, designed by Paul Cashin Architects & Keith Evans Architects, has won this year's West Fraser Department 4 Education competition using SterlingOSB Zero.
Vector Homes has unveiled a prototype rapid-build flatpack housing system built using sustainable and advanced materials at the Energy House 2.0 research facility at the University of Salford. Chief executive Nathan Feddy discusses the mission to cut carbon, cost and complexity in construction.
Mass Timber has numerous benefits and is an essential tool to meet sustainability goals, yet is still not used to maximum effect throughout the construction industry.
CaberDek by West Fraser safeguards construction floors for weeks with its non-slip film, protecting against rain and frost damage while adhering to BBA standards.
As the construction industry scratches its head wondering how to make the dream of volumetric MMC a reality, could a novel hybrid housing concept be the catalyst that finally drives it mainstream?
David Johnson, pre-construction director at Volumetric Building Companies, looks at some of the different applications for digitising construction and why there is such a good fit with offsite and MMC.
Amid economic uncertainty and global turmoil, offsite construction is seemingly facing a bleak outlook. However, Mark Beirne of Cara EPS and a director of Offsite Alliance, argues that the crises besetting the sector can also prove a tipping point to go mainstream.
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.
