Tag: MMC
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New homes delivery: time for an MMC renaissance?
Image: Brizmaker | Dreamstime.com From improving quality and efficiency to addressing skills shortages, modern methods of construction (MMC) could be the answer to a number of challenges facing new homes delivery. Once seen as a niche sector, MMC is now being taken more seriously as a solution to some of the UK’s biggest housing headaches. …
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New homes delivery: time for an MMC renaissance?
Image: Brizmaker | Dreamstime.com From improving quality and efficiency to addressing skills shortages, modern methods of construction (MMC) could be the answer to a number of challenges facing new homes delivery. Once seen as a niche sector, MMC is now being taken more seriously as a solution to some of the UK’s biggest housing headaches. …
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Premier Modular wins trio of airport projects
Offsite manufacturing specialist Premier Modular has been awarded a contract to deliver new security buildings across three UK airports. The multi-million-pound contract is part of a major investment programme across Manchester Airport Group’s estate. Premier Modular will support BAM with the design and fit-out of new facilities to upgrade the existing infrastructure at Manchester, London…
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‘1.5 million homes is completely achievable – but they must be good quality’
Former Mace director Mike Reader MP has quickly made his mark in Parliament since last year’s election and chairs the newly formed APPG for Excellence in the Built Environment. He talks to Will Mann about housing targets, MMC, a mooted construction GCSE – and wrestling. Mike Reader MP. Image: Julie Kim Construction professionals are known…
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Kilnbridge covers all angles with Triangle Bridge
Triangle Bridge project manager Conor Hogan began his career as a junior engineer and land surveyor with Ncwsurveys in 2012 before moving to Murphy Geospatial. He went on to gain site management and engineering experience with Oliver Connell and Son and John Sisk and Son, before joining J Coffey Group as a site engineer in…
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Reds10 starts construction of Thorney Island modular barracks
Phil Cook, defence director at Reds10, added: “Through our close working partnership with the DIO, Reds10 is pioneering advanced technologies and techniques to deliver exceptional value at Baker Barracks. Utilising industrialised construction to design and build innovative, sustainable and high-quality living spaces, we are transforming the living accommodation for the armed forces at pace.” View…
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Reds10 starts construction of Thorney Island modular barracks
Phil Cook, defence director at Reds10, added: “Through our close working partnership with the DIO, Reds10 is pioneering advanced technologies and techniques to deliver exceptional value at Baker Barracks. Utilising industrialised construction to design and build innovative, sustainable and high-quality living spaces, we are transforming the living accommodation for the armed forces at pace.” View…
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MoD contractor ‘alliance’ to start building first MMC military bedspaces
A contractor ‘alliance’ established last year to build single-living accommodation (SLA) for the British army using MMC has been allocated its first projects as part of plans to deliver 16,000 new bedspaces by 2034. The six-year alliance comprises Laing O’Rourke, Reds10, Bowmer & Kirkland, ESS Modular and two Kier joint ventures. The 1,794 projects are…
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Laing O’Rourke installs first modular lift at Network Rail testing site
Laing O’Rourke and Finnish lift engineering company Kone have manufactured and installed the first offsite-constructed lift at the Network Rail test track in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. The lift was removed from the trailer bed of the delivery vehicle and installed fully upright in 26 minutes, Laing O’Rourke said. The modular lift is designed for use…
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BSI publishes first MMC standard for residential developments
The UK’s leading standard-setting body has published a new modern methods of construction (MMC) specification for residential developments. The British Standards Institution’s (BSI) PAS 8700:2025 is the first PAS to set out comprehensive requirements and processes for the deployment of MMC in residential building projects. In 2023, the government commissioned BSI to draft a new…