All MMC articles
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NewsBerkeley’s modular building machinery put up for auction valued at £30m
Housebuilder is reportedly withdrawing from the volumetric business
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CommentWe’ve survived another year… So what happens next?
We may be approaching the end of a particularly turbulent and damaging few years but the outlook is still full of obstacles and challenges, says Mark Farmer
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CommentHere we go again… if the industry won’t change, we must change the way we operate within it
The collapse of ISG is the latest illustration of a trading model still stuck in ‘inexorable decline’. The industry’s survival requires wise leadership, better decision-making and a focus on what is working rather than what is not, says Mark Farmer
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CommentA vision for a construction project in 2030
We need to stimulate new thinking, debate and research directions to carry the industry into the next decade, says Dr Brian Sheil
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CommentOnly by building with factory precision can the next government hit housing targets
The parties’ election pledges to build more houses will remain unattainable using traditional methods, writes Tide Construction’s Christy Hayes
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CommentAsk not what the next government can do for construction
Construction must up its game and be a true partner to the next administration, says Paul Ruddick of Reds10
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FeaturesPre-election briefing: What can we expect for investment in the NHS estate?
The first of Boris Johnson’s promised 40 hospitals will open this month. But huge delays to the £22bn programme mean that, months before an election, procurement for most of the work hasn’t even begun and there is no certainty that Labour will push ahead. Joey Gardiner asks what it all ...
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NewsRowley asks for more time to respond to MMC report as industry exits mount
Lords committee wants full response before end of May
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NewsStandardised design for New Hospital Programme to be published in May
Reference designs for hospitals nearly finalised as consortiums bid for £600m programmer delivery partner job
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CommentHas MMC gone from an industry salvation to a pseudo solution?
Once touted as the answer to all our productivity woes, MMC increasingly looks like it may have been just another wacky idea with little chance of success in these uncertain times, writes Richard Steer
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CommentIndustry transformation is complex and needs to be treated as such
MMC has taken a kicking since the House of Lords’ committee report, but the bigger picture is far more nuanced with plenty of examples of positive innovation, writes Trudi Sully
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NewsGovernment’s plans for MMC in ‘disarray’, says Lords committee
Homes England accused of lacking coherent strategy
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NewsGovernment can’t subsidise MMC forever, warns housing minister
Aspirations around modern methods of construction “not yet” achieved, Lee Rowley says
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NewsMake energy efficient homes stamp duty-free, says TopHat boss
Modular housebuilder tells chancellor needs more government support
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NewsConstruction cannot ‘tweak broken model’ to solve productivity puzzle, says MMC boss
Merit’s Tony Wells tells conference industry needs radical rethink
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CommentWhy counting the cost of carbon is anything but straightforward
Is the price of carbon emissions going up or down? It might depend on who you are and where your project is located, writes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis. That is not a good thing
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NewsIlke collapsed into administration with debts of £319m
Staggering debts of modular housebuilder include £68m to Homes England and £227m to equity investors
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FeaturesWhat went wrong for Ilke Homes?
Following the collapse of the Knaresborough-based business lauded as a pioneer of modular construction, Matilda Battersby asks the experts what happened and how other businesses in the space can avoid a similar fate
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CommentWe’ve lost our lead in the fight against climate change. Now it’s crunch time
The muted response to the UK’s latest climate change progress report highlights that the current approach isn’t working, observes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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CommentContracting for offsite schemes
Peter Hibberd sets out the JCT standard form options when selecting a contract for a project that will use modern methods of construction