- Save article
OnlineMMC Podcast series ep3: Home England says MMC “critical” for recovery
Homes England has won plaudits for supporting developers through the COVID-19 crisis and for quickly moving to agile working. But the government’s housing agency has always been forward-looking. It has helped drive forward modern methods of construction.
- Save article
OnlineMMC Podcast series ep 5: Laing O’Rourke says procurement must prioritise innovation
Procurement for public and private construction projects must do more to encourage R&D investment and help steer the uptake of offsite manufacturing if Britain is to recover quickly from the Covid-19 crisis.
- Save article
OnlineMMC Podcast series ep1: Modular construction has an important role to play in UK’s housebuilding rebound
Manufacturers of factory-built homes, such as Legal & General Modular Homes, possess the ability to address the UK’s historic shortfall in housing delivery while creating vital, high-quality employment opportunities for the UK economy.
- Save article
OnlineMMC Podcast Series ep 7: Urban Splash and Sekisui House share a bold vision for quality and design
One year on from Urban Splash’s deal with Sekisui House and Homes England to create House by Urban Splash, its managing director Simon Gawthorpe says the business is making great progress with major developments underway right across the country.
- Save article
OnlineMMC Podcast series ep4: Project Etopia bids to create “Tesla of housing” with focus on proprietary energy technology
Forget proptech, Project Etopia wants to lead an “eci-tech” revolution to manufacture carbon-positive homes built around smart-home technology that places as much weight on energy storage and generation as they do on being functional and looking great.
- Save article
OnlineMMC Podcast series ep 6: TopHat’s tech platform and 3D-printed bricks will level-up design standards for modular housing
New York-native Jordan Rosenhaus, founder of TopHat, believes technology can not only design better homes, but help developers and local authorities get along better. Manufactured housing could become mainstream, he believes, by using cloud-based platforms to shape the design and manufacture of homes to fit flexibly with existing local architecture.
- Save article
OnlineMMC Podcast series ep2: Yorkshire-based manufacturer ilke Homes calls for government to reserve land “exclusively” for factory-built homes
Offsite manufacturers are ready to deliver the homes the country needs as soon as they get the green light, but the land must be made available to them.
- Save article
OnlineMMC will soon dominate the housebuilding market, says Man Group
Modern methods of construction (MMC) are on track to be a dominant form of construction in the housebuilding industry, according to Man Group’s Shamez Alibhai and ilke Homes’ Patrick Bergin.
- Save article
OnlineProperty podcast: Technology can fix “antiquated” construction industry and enable Government to meet net zero targets
Mark Farmer, chief executive of Cast and Chris Bone, co-founder of digital ConTech firm Modulous, sat down with Andrew Teacher from Blackstock Consulting in the latest episode of BossCast to discuss how construction is getting on five years after the Farmer Review warned the sector must “modernise or die”.
- Save article
OnlineModern methods of construction are key to delivery of UK homes, say TopHat and Jo Cowen Architects
Paul Buddin and Matt Evans from TopHat, alongside Jo Cowen, founder of Jo Cowen Architects, sat down with Blackstock Consulting’s Andrew Teacher in the latest episode of PropCast to discuss the future of the UK’s housing, particularly the growing contribution of modern methods of construction (MMC).