This week’s poll: Is offsite the answer to upgrading the country’s crumbling school estate?

This week's poll: Is offsite the answer to upgrading the country's crumbling school estate?
— Building News (@BuildingNews) September 7, 2018

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This week’s poll: Is offsite the answer to upgrading the country’s crumbling school estate?

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This week's poll: Is offsite the answer to upgrading the country's crumbling school estate?
— Building News (@BuildingNews) September 7, 2018
2018-09-07T09:07:00Z By Philip Watson
Once these are overcome, perhaps, finally, we can stop debating the potential benefits of offsite and start counting on them
2018-09-07T08:02:00Z By Jordan Marshall
Offsite construction can offer an answer to England’s struggling school estate. But manufacturers are battling to banish dated perceptions of what modular means. Jordan Marshall reports
2018-09-07T06:56:00Z By Joey Gardiner
Although the government has committed to spending £23bn on school building programmes up to 2021, many contractors and consultants are convinced the pipeline of work has slowed. Joey Gardiner asks how significant a recent fall in capital spending could be for construction
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