Industry News

The construction world is ever-changing, with new technologies and digital developments happening all the time. In such a fast-paced industry, keeping up with news and announcements can be difficult. 

Here on the Offsite Hub, we are dedicated to keeping you updated with the most informative and topical stories in the construction industry but with a particular focus on modern methods of construction and offsite construction techniques. We select the most relevant stories for you to stay up to date with the world of light steel frame, volumetric modular technology, structural timber precast concrete hybrid solutions and MEP innovations. 

Please see below stories which are from a range of sources and are focused articles and press releases on the most dynamic developments in the offsite industry including official pieces from our own Offsite Magazine and full coverage of the offsite awards winners.



The Community & Circular Approach

26th January 2022

Ebury Edge is a temporary work and community space at the heart of Westminster, providing affordable workspace and retail units, a cafe, community hall and public courtyard, with timber providing a key element of the scheme. As...

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Pod Accommodation: A Solution To The Homelessness Crisis?

24th January 2022

As rough sleeping continues to rise year on year, a solution has never been more urgent. The homelessness crisis is a tough problem to crack, but modular pod accommodation may just be the answer we've been searching for. According to Crisis, the...

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Housing Projects need a Clear Vision

24th January 2022

A new guide from The Housing Forum offers practical guidance for housing associations and councils on procurement which can be applied to offsite construction. The key is to start with a clear vision and then hold on to it, says its author...

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Steel Reuse: Shifting Focus

21st January 2022

As we decarbonise construction in line with the UK’s net zero 2050 targets, attention is turning to the challenges of moving to a more circular economy. Michael Sansom, Associate Director, Steel Construction Institute (SCI), outlines how...

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McAvoy delivering £40million education contracts

20th January 2022

The McAvoy Group is currently delivering three new educational facilities valued at £40million on behalf of the Department for Education (DfE). The latest projects are The Cavendish School in Cambridgeshire, Merstham Park Secondary School near...

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Offsite Construction - providing safer working conditions

20th January 2022

With over 80% of Offsite Construction projects being completed in a controlled factory environment, the benefits of increased productivity, improved quality and reduced carbon are well documented, but will MMC also be a safer way to build...

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Offsite Solutions Awarded £3m Bathroom Pod Contract for Moda build-to-Rent Scheme in Glasgow

20th January 2022

Offsite Solutions has been awarded a £3 million contract to manufacture 588 bathroom pods for its third major build-to-rent neighbourhood for Moda Living. The development is currently under construction by Robertson Group. ...

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Meeting the Hybrid Challenge

20th January 2022

The new £54million state-of-the-art, five-storey research building for the University of Warwick, used the award-winning HybriDfMA frame system to complement an adjacent timber structural frame. Located on the Gibbet Hill campus,...

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Fully Tested and Certified Solutions

19th January 2022

Architects and developers are under increased pressure to design safer residential buildings that deliver predictable performance. Steve Thompson, Managing Director for light steel framing specialists EOS makes a strong case for robust...

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FramePro W1 - Beattie Passive

17th January 2022

The FramePro W1 air barrier system from the A. Proctor Group has been chosen for a new modular Passivhaus Plus housing project in Cardiff. This innovative project will provide essential housing for Cardiff’s homeless population....

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Designing New Forms with Light Steel Frame

17th January 2022

The construction of 504 Bristol Rd was a complex project due to the location of the site and the design's unusual architectural shapes and forms. The perfect solution was the lightweight steel frame Hadley Steel Framing System (HSF). 504...

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M-AR appoints new construction director

14th January 2022

Offsite contractor M-AR is pleased to welcome Martin Burge to the team as the company’s new construction director. Martin brings with him more than three decades of construction experience, during which time he’s overseen the...

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How Modular is Helping Healthcare to Achieve its Sustainability Goals

14th January 2022

David Hartley, managing director at MTX, discusses how modular buildings for healthcare are proving beneficial when it comes to supporting their sustainability goals, under the increased pressures brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic....

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Home Is Where M-AR Is - Modular Homes Built for Real People

14th January 2022

Ryan Geldard, M-AR’s Operations Director, explains how challenging accepted industry norms and adopting a collaborative approach with clients and peers is beneficial all round, but especially for those who call an M-AR building...

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Britain’s Concrete Producers Join Forces

13th January 2022

Britain's concrete producers have joined forces in one association to represent the industry and accelerate its journey to beyond net zero carbon emissions. British Precast, whose members include manufacturers of concrete...

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Bristol Housing Festival

12th January 2022

In Bristol and across the UK, we are facing a housing crisis, a climate crisis, an ecological emergency, as well as a construction skills shortage. But as Bristol Housing Festival, Project Director, Jez Sweetland explains, these challenges...

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Modular housing firm TopHat appoints former FTSE 100 HR director to spearhead growth

11th January 2022

TopHat, a Goldman Sachs-backed modular housebuilder, has hired Lucy Weaver, formerly of FTSE100 firm Halma Plc and Unipart Rail (a division of the Unipart Group), as group HR director. Weaver, who left Halma Plc in August 2021, will lead...

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Council enters landmark partnership with modular housing supplier to tackle homelessness

11th January 2022

Cornwall Council has entered into a landmark deal to buy SoloHaus ‘micro homes’ to help tackle the housing crisis. A total of 29 self-contained modular one-bedroom homes have arrived in Cornwall and are set to be deployed to sites...

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Modular Specialist OEP UK Lines-Up New Contracts After Prepack Deal

11th January 2022

Modular construction company Offsite Engineered Projects UK (OEP UK) is winning work just weeks after buying its sister company out of administration. The firm has novated contracts with Midgard and Bouygues and is set to...

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Mindset Reset

10th January 2022

Tony Woods, Technical Manager at LHC, explains how the public sector can reduce the impacts of skills shortages using offsite manufacture and collaboration. There’s no doubt that the industry is recovering from the minor...

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Modular Offsite: A Green Construction Option

7th January 2022

With world leaders recently meeting at COP26 to formulate plans to tackle climate change, Rollalong’s Managing Director Steve Chivers, says offsite construction should be considered as part of the solution to this global issue. ...

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Modular Builder Ilke Racks Up Another Huge Loss

6th January 2022

Cumulative losses top £100m but start-up says growing order book will allow rapid expansion Start-up modular housebuilder Ilke has fallen to a £41.2m loss for the year to March 2021, according to document filed with Companies House. Reporting...

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Mark Southgate - Generation Next

6th January 2022

MOBIE was founded in 2017 by the architect and TV presenter George Clarke and is driving the future of home design. Chief Executive, Mark Southgate, talked to us about how it is radically improving the way we construct – and increasingly...

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Premier Modular Awarded Its Largest Offsite Healthcare Project To Date – A £21m Contract At King’s College Hospital

6th January 2022

Premier Modular, one of the UK’s leading offsite specialists, has been awarded a £21m contract to construct a new outpatient services building at King’s College Hospital in London. The 3,450sqm, four-storey scheme is Premier’s largest...

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McAvoy to deliver world-class innovation centre at famed Porton Down Science Hub

6th January 2022

Offsite manufacturing specialist, The McAvoy Group, is to deliver a new research and innovation facility at world renowned science hub, Porton Science Park. Located within the Porton Science Park site, close to the village of...

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Demand for Offsite Housing Construction Increased in 2021

6th January 2022

The market for offsite housing is estimated to have increased by 6% at manufacturers sales prices, although this is lower than the 2019 estimate of 12%, according to AMA Research. This is due to the impact of the pandemic throughout...

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Premier Modular Wins £21m Offsite Hospital Building

6th January 2022

Offsite specialist Premier Modular has landed its largest ever healthcare contract with a £21m deal to construct a new outpatient services building at King's College Hospital in London. The 3,450sqm, four-storey scheme will be...

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Ilke Homes Losses Over Four Years Top £100m

6th January 2022

Modular housing specialist Ilke Homes Holdings recorded another year of heavy losses last year bringing aggregate net loss since setting up four years ago to £107m. Staff overheads, continuing start-up costs and the impact of...

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Offsite Specialists On Alert For £10bn Government Framework

5th January 2022

The Crown Commercial Service is planning bidders days this month and next for a new mega offsite construction framework for use by all Government departments. its planned pan-Government collaborative Offsite Construction Solutions framework deal...

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Portakabin welcomes Dan Ibbetson as new CEO following Derek Carter’s retirement

4th January 2022

Portakabin Limited has announced the appointment of Dan Ibbetson as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with effect from 1 January 2022. Following the announcement of his retirement in September 2021, Derek Carter stepped down as CEO on 31 December...

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Work Starts on Weston Homes’ ‘Mega MMC Factory’

4th January 2022

Housebuilder aims to build 4,000 offsite homes a year. Construction work has started on Weston Homes' new 137,000-sq ft modular factory in Essex. The new factory, in Great Notley, Braintree, will sit alongside an existing facility. Together,...

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Why Britain's Modular Construction Revolution Could Help Meet Demand For Affordable Homes

3rd January 2022

BRITAIN is witnessing a modular construction revolution driven by demand from local authorities and housing associations,  according to a leading Yorkshire architect. Graham Edward, Managing Director of Leeds-based Edward Architecture, who...

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Delivering MMC at government scale will transform Construction

29th December 2021

The way our sector has developed over several decades has created many challenges for integration and innovation. While an manufacturing industry is relatively holistic and integrated, construction is atomized in many areas with deep but narrow...

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Offsite construction – Showcasing the latest Innovations

20th December 2021

Futurebuild – the built environment event that’s championed sustainable construction for the past 16 years – will return to the ExCeL London from March 1–3, 2022, with an Offsite Section giving visitors the opportunity to meet with...

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Wraptite taking centre stage in New York

19th December 2021

An exciting project to create a seven-story modular building featuring a series of modern New York apartments has been fitted out with the high-performing Wraptite® airtight membrane. The superior airtightness performance of Wraptite from...

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CSIC and SEPA to drive net zero ambitions in Construction

17th December 2021

Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have signed a formal agreement to support a sustainable future for the built environment, championing innovation and inclusive growth. The...

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Finding the right fit: How MMC will work across the UK

17th December 2021

Experts in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have challenged the idea it will only work in certain pockets of the UK and argue that it will contribute to the levelling up agenda if embraced. Ian Atkinson, construction partner at law firm...

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Why MMC can help ease pressure on the UK Construction Industry

17th December 2021

John Carter, commercial director for commercial real estate, Aldermore, explores how modern methods of construction (MMC) can help ease the current pressures felt by the UK construction industry In recent years, there has been a greater emphasis...

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Homes England Launch New Delivery System

17th December 2021

Housebuilders of all sizes will find it easier than ever to access Homes England land, with the launch of the new Delivery Partner Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS). This new system replaces the Delivery Partner Panel 3 (DPP3), transforming the...

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Halifax's CarbonCure Technologies Celebrates Milestones in Concrete Production

17th December 2021

Halifax's CarbonCure Technologies, which provides a suite of carbon dioxide removal products to the concrete industry, announced on Friday that it has sold its 500th system. The transaction was part of a three-plant rollout of...

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Collaboration required to ensure that Offsite thrives

16th December 2021

We are in the process of a major shift in how we build our homes, hospitals, schools and other buildings here in the UK. This is happening right across the world in one way or another and for very valid reasons.

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Housebuilders and MMC specialists appointed to £1bn sustainable housing framework

16th December 2021

Barratt and Hill among firms to claim spots on Oxford City Housing programme Council-owned Oxford City Housing has revealed the firms it has picked to help it build more than 2,000 low-carbon homes across Oxfordshire over the next decade. In...

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The Donaldson Group acquires Stewart Milne Timber Systems

16th December 2021

Timber expert, the Donaldson Group, has acquired the UK's leading timber frame manufacturer, Stewart Milne Timber Systems (SMTS), marking the Donaldson Group's entry into the timber frame market. Established in...

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Timber Competition for Hereford Net Zero Community Centre

16th December 2021

Timber Development UK (TDUK) is partnering with New Model Institute of Technology and Engineering (NMITE), Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) and the Passivhaus Trust, to challenge built environment students, as well as recent graduates, to...

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M-AR takes outside the box approach to offsite collaboration

16th December 2021

Leading lights from the offsite construction sector came together at an event hosted by innovative offsite contractor M-AR this autumn to plot a totally new approach to affordable housing development. The event, hailed as a...

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Legal & General propose new sustainable modular neighbourhood

15th December 2021

Legal & General have proposed a new and innovative modular neighbourhood at Bore Hill Farm, Warminster The plan is the first of its kind in Wiltshire, and would deliver 95 highly sustainable, energy-efficient, and affordable homes on the site...

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Major Offsite Move for Veteran Families

15th December 2021

Riverside Scotland has handed over the first homes at the nation’s largest affordable modular housing development with four homes being allocated to military veteran households. The ground-breaking £9.8million project is being delivered by...

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TopHat secures planning permission to deliver 183 factory-built homes at Kitchener Barracks in Chatham, Kent

15th December 2021

Planning permission has been approved for the construction of 3 four-storey blocks of modular apartments, which will comprise 96 one and two-bedroom homes. Of these, 32 new apartments will be affordable. All 96 apartments...

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Are MMC the future of social housing?

14th December 2021

As the construction industry continues to be plagued by pandemic disruptions and supply shortages, housebuilders are looking for new ways to ensure that their practices are sustainable and resilient. In comes MMC – a building movement...

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14-storey tower built in record time by offsite specialist

14th December 2021

British Offsite has completed construction to the topping-out stage of a 14-storey residential tower in Southend "in just a few months". The £53m (GDV) Victoria Central apartment building has been built using the...

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McAvoy Group Appoints New CEO

14th December 2021

The McAvoy Group has announced the appointment of Ron Clarke as Chief Executive Officer following the retirement of Mark Lowry, who will remain with the business as Non-Executive Director.   Ron Clarke was appointed COO in...

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Stora Enso Launches UK Low-Carbon Industrial Buildings Solutions

13th December 2021

Stora Enso has launched a suite of tools to support developers of the UK’s industrial buildings to create more attractive, productive and sustainable buildings, with spans ranging from 12 to 36m, from small workshops to large retail sheds...

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New Group Structure for Excel

13th December 2021

Having invested in re-branding its business in 2019, specialist offsite building solutions provider, Excel, has created a new, dynamic group operating structure. Introduced to define and add greater clarity to its comprehensive solution...

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Offsite & Digital Tools Key to Future Construction

13th December 2021

NBS, the platform for connected construction information, has revealed its eleventh annual survey, now the Digital Construction Survey, previously the NBS BIM Survey. With over nine hundred respondents, this year’s report provides a...

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Aquarian Cladding Systems scoops award at Façade Awards UK

13th December 2021

Aquarian Cladding Systems has come out on top again by winning ‘Best Use of a Brick Slip Cladding System’ at the 2021 Façade Awards UK for its work on the Better New Addington Leisure & Community Centre in Croydon. Paul...

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Salford University Announces Partners for Global Net Zero Facility

10th December 2021

Salford University’s Energy House Laboratories has announced its first collaborative project partners ahead of the launch of its multi-million-pound Energy House 2.0 research facility in 2022. Among the partners included are...

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CO2 Consuming Concrete Tested at Warwick University

10th December 2021

Technology developed by Concrete4Change (C4C) that can make concrete a carbon sink rather than carbon producer will be trialled and tested by researchers from the University of Warwick. C4C are on a mission is to enable the concrete...

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Places for People Choose Offsite Options

9th December 2021

Places for People, one of Britain’s leading placemaking organisations, has announced a pioneering partnership with ilke Homes to deliver hundreds of modular homes in the South East and South West. Following the largest deal yet for...

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O‘Rourke and L&G form modular trade body

9th December 2021

Five leading modular construction firms have formed a new trade body under the auspices of existing manufacturing association Make UK. Laing O'Rourke, Ilke Homes, Urban Splash, TopHat and Legal & General Modular have formed Make Modular to...

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Modular housebuilders form new trade body

9th December 2021

Ilke's Dave Sheridan to lead body to promote offsite housing sector The boss of modular manufacturer Ilke Homes has been appointed to run a new trade body designed to promote modular housing. Dave Sheridan has been...

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Hill Group Seeking Sustainable Change

9th December 2021

Hill Group has committed to achieving net-zero carbon in its Scope 1 and 2 business operations by 2030 and net zero operational carbon in the homes they build by 2030, twenty years ahead of the UK’s broad 2050 net-zero carbon target. ...

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CEMEX and Carbon8 Systems Partner to Develop Low-Carbon Construction Products

9th December 2021

CEMEX announced today that it is working together with Carbon8 Systems to evaluate the company's patented carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technology and how CO2 captured during the cement production process can be used to develop...

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Premier Modular Achieves BOPAS Accreditation Following Residential Expansion

8th December 2021

Premier Modular has achieved BOPAS accreditation for its modular living solutions, following its expansion into the residential sector. Premier has five factories at its production centre in East Yorkshire. It has capacity to produce...

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Precision Engineering Empowers Architectural Vision

8th December 2021

As one of the UK's leading providers of rainscreen systems, metal fabrications and bespoke full envelope solutions – quality is at the heart of PSP Group's operation. Chairman Heath Hindmarch reveals how investment in the most advanced...

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New Modular Trade Body Formed

8th December 2021

Make UK has launched a new trade body Make Modular, bringing together leading modular housing manufacturers with a plan to solve the country’s housing crisis by delivering 75,000 affordable high-quality homes before the end of the...

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NG Bailey Engineers Support Expansion at Clydebank’s NHS Golden Jubilee

7th December 2021

NG Bailey’s Engineering division has secured a second contract to support the ongoing expansion of NHS Golden Jubilee in Clydebank, Scotland. The £15million contract is the second time the UK’s largest independent engineering and...

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Present Made Deliver on Eddington Masterplan

7th December 2021

Present Made, the UK’s first purpose-built and designed single-family rental housing platform, has been appointed by the University of Cambridge to develop sustainable smart homes as part of its ambitious 150-hectare Eddington...

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Julie Hood appointed to lead Collinson Construction’s modular division

7th December 2021

Collinson Construction has appointed Julie Hood as the new business development manager to support its modular construction division Julie has over 30 years of experience working in the construction industry for companies such as NetZero...

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Sika’s Offsite Division Changes Shape

6th December 2021

Sika’s modern methods of construction (MMC) Division has extended its team of offsite manufacturing specialists to cover a breadth of skill and expertise. The team works with offsite manufacturing and assembly companies to look at how Sika...

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MMC Trials Held Across 105-house Development

6th December 2021

The latest scheme of a 1,000-home major housing contract is being built using a mix of modern methods of construction (MMC) supplied by Roofspace Solutions and flooring by Nuspan. Together, the two solutions will help to speed up overall...

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Ibstock Creating UK’s First Automated Brick Slip Factory

3rd December 2021

Ibstock has revealed plans for a £50million capital investment in a new West Yorkshire factory and is aiming to build the UK’s first automated brick slip systems factory in Nostell. The planned investment is set to provide...

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Construction Innovation Hub and CIOB in manufacturing partnership

2nd December 2021

The Construction Innovation Hub and the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) have formed a partnership to drive the development of policy on construction and help deliver the government's focus on platform design for manufacture and assembly...

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CALA Group Boost Net Zero & MMC Ambitions

2nd December 2021

CALA Group has made two key senior appointments as its Sustainability Strategy, launched earlier this year, continues to build momentum. Kathryn Dapré has taken up the role of Head of Sustainability, with Robin Dodyk joining as...

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Reduce what you don’t need: How prefabricated pipework in modular assemblies can help the industry to become truly sustainable

2nd December 2021

With the construction industry facing greater calls to reduce its environmental footprint, there has been a noticeable increase in the drive to adopt more modern methods of construction. Dave Lancaster, Senior Segment Manager at Uponor,...

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Wernick Acquires AVDanzer

1st December 2021

The new acquisition means that Wernick will add additional manufacturing capabilities and increase their fleet with more than 2,000 cabins and modular bays. AVDanzer, also known as Danzer, is a Manchesterbased firm that supplies...

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Kilsaran announces the acquisition of Oran Precast

1st December 2021

Kilsaran has announced the acquisition of Galway based precast company Oran Precast. Kilsaran Precast will now operate out of two locations, Oranmore in Galway and Kilsaran's existing facility in Co. Kildare, with the combined...

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Futurebuild partners with experts for offsite showcase

30th November 2021

Following the last highly successful collaboration, sustainable built environment event Futurebuild has once again enlisted the support of offsite construction experts from Cogent Consulting and Explore Offsite. The companies will collaborate to...

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Benefits of OTL birch plywood wet room formers

30th November 2021

Using responsibly sourced, FSC certified, birch plywood to manufacturer high quality wet room formers has several benefits. Strong and Stable The cross-banded layers of the 24mm birch...

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Construction Membranes Deliver Hidden Protection & Thermal Efficiency Benefits

29th November 2021

A combination of wall construction membranes from Glidevale Protect has been installed across two social housing developments, designed and built by modular construction specialists Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group. ...

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Holcim launches DYNAMax High-Performance Concrete to Build More with Less

25th November 2021

● DYNAMax, the ultimate performance concrete, delivers high strength and durability with design freedom and sustainability ● Building more with less, DYNAMax enables more usable space and resource efficiency ●...

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RML Expands Timber Frame Capacity with Acquisition

24th November 2021

Robinson Manufacturing (RML) is delighted to have completed the acquisition of the fixtures and assets of Castleoak Timber Frame, after the business appointed administrators recently. The new facilities, in Ebbw Vale, provide RML with...

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UK Version of The Little Green Book of Concrete now Published

23rd November 2021

The UK Version of the 2021 The Little Green Book of Concrete was officially launched during Precast Week and is now available for download. This year’s edition is part of a European precast sector collaboration, headed by BIBM,...

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Countryside puts MMC at heart of net zero strategy

23rd November 2021

Housebuilder says it will reduce direct and indirect emissions by 42% by 2030, and ramp up timber frame construction Housebuilder Countryside has put moving production over to modern methods of construction at the heart of...

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Modern methods of construction are key to delivery of UK homes, say TopHat and Jo Cowen Architects

22nd November 2021

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...

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Stonewood Partnerships chooses SMTS

19th November 2021

Stonewood Partnerships, which specialises in building distinctive new homes in beautiful locations, has selected Stewart Milne Timber Systems' award-winning Sigma® II build system for their build at Orchard Field, a sustainable...

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Barratt Developments launches the Z House: a flagship zero carbon concept home

19th November 2021

Barratt Developments launches new flagship zero carbon home concept which will be occupied and monitored to assess its performance First zero carbon house by a major housebuilder to substantially surpass the Future Homes Standard Z...

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Global Forests need Global Governance’ | Tropical Timber Accord launches at COP26

19th November 2021

A major new initiative to tackle illegal deforestation and strengthen legal governance frameworks in tropical forest producer countries and within international timber supply chains has been launched at COP26.

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How SIP Build UK and SeaGrown Founders Embrace Embodied Carbon Reduction Goals

18th November 2021

The intrinsic carbon capture of timber buildings is one of many ways that the climate can benefit and hopefully help reverse climate change. Between 15% and 28% of new homes built in the UK annually use timber frame construction,...

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Merit to build UK’s first CAR-T cell manufacturing facility in Stevenage for Autolus Therapeutics

18th November 2021

Merit, the offsite construction specialist for technically complex, zero-carbon emissions buildings, has been appointed as the main contractor for the construction of the UK’s first CAR-T cell manufacturing facility....

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The Best of 2021

18th November 2021

Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic over the last 18 months, the Structural Timber Awards still managed to reward innovation and excellence across a range of sectors. As the industry got together for a well-earned night...

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Creating A Peaceful Space

17th November 2021

The Green at St Richard’s Hospice has been designed to provide a central courtyard at the heart of the hospice where patients, carers and their families can meet each other and relax, and sports a superb gridshell roof...

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Cardiff installs first of their kind green, affordable homes

17th November 2021

Wates Residential and Cardiff Council are today installing Cardiff's first sustainable, modular homes, at a brownfield site on Crofts Street, Plasnewydd, as the Council increases its provision...

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Housing Minister opens ilke Homes’ new office in Tamworth as company continues with expansion plans in the region

17th November 2021

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher MP opened the modular housing firm’s new office in Tamworth on 5th November, where the company is paving the way for new local jobs The 2,500 sq. ft office will be an initial base for 30 employee,...

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Premier Modular Covid-19 Test Centre Team Highly Commended in Healthcare Industry Awards

17th November 2021

The Premier Modular project team responsible for the fast-track rollout of Covid-19 testing sites across the UK, has been recognised with an award commendation at this year’s Building Better...

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Willmott Dixon’s green light for £29m Wiltshire net-zero SEND school

16th November 2021

Willmott Dixon has received the green light to start a £29m net-zero carbon school build at Silverwood School’s Rowde campus in North Wiltshire, extending the existing campus to provide a high-quality environment...

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Premier Inn’s £12m Flagship Oxford Hotel Employs LSF for Complex Design Solution Frame

15th November 2021

JULY 2021 SAW THE OPENING OF PREMIER INN’S FLAGSHIP OXFORD WESTGATE. CONTRACTORS CARTER LAUREN CONSTRUCTION AND ATKIN TRADE SPECIALISTS NAVIGATED THROUGH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC TO DELIVER THE LATEST ADDITION TO WHITBREAD PLC’S PROPERTY...

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Violet’s clause – embodied carbon, MMC and other solutions

15th November 2021

So far, we have focused very much on emissions released during the operational life. However, the concept of "embodied carbon" has always existed, invisible previously, but is gaining momentum. A couple of years ago the...

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New Factory Transforming CLT Production

15th November 2021

From the green forests of Galicia in North-western Spain comes Xilonor, the fruit of a five-year development by timber solutions manufacturer Finsa. This state-of the-art facility transforms locally sourced wood into premium...

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Offsite Expo Shows MMC is the Future of UK Construction

12th November 2021

JULIAN VENUS, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT AQUARIAN CLADDING, REFLECTS ON THIS YEAR’S ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL OFFSITE EXPO, AND WHAT HE LEARNED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE SECTOR IN 2021. For me, and everyone who attended from Aquarian...

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B&K Hybrid Buy Robinson Structures

12th November 2021

A multi-million-pound family-run Derby business has failed after turnover fell by more than £14 million over 18 months. Robinson Structures Limited, run by the Robinson family, ran out of cash and financial options last week and called...

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