All Building articles in Offsite 2005

Features

Smart thinking

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

Faced with a target of building 89,000 new homes by 2021, Cambridgeshire has set up the SmartLIFE project to learn how innovative construction methods can make up the shortfall

Features

Showpieces

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

Full scale exhibits of MMC building systems will be showcased at OFFSITE2005 including three demonstration homes in BRE’s new Innovation Park

News

Innovative Housing team will promote MMC

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

BRE has established an Innovative Housing team that will provide a range of services relating to modern methods of construction.

Comment

Foreword

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

RE and SmartLIFE are delighted to host OFFSITE2005. The event comes at a crucial time in the construction industry when demand for housing is at an all-time high and the provision of energy-efficient and sustainable buildings is more challenging than ever before.

News

BRE launches innovation park to showcase MMC

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

A new centre of excellence for Housing has been opened by BRE at its Watford campus.

News

Seminars tackle barriers to MMC

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

Leading experts from the Barker 33 Steering Group set up by the government to examining barriers to modern methods of construction will discuss some of their latest findings in a series of seminars at OFFSITE 2005.

News

Offsite 2005

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

Features

20:20 vision

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

A lack of standards has been holding back take-up of modern construction methods. The Loss Prevention Standard for Innovative Dwellings – LPS2020 – should change all that

Features

The £60,000 challenge

2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

It is possible to build well-designed homes for this amount, says English Partnerships, and it’s running a competition to prove it. EP’s corporate strategy director, Trevor Beattie, explains why