In a fast-moving and competitive market, technical excellence alone is not enough. Businesses also need credibility, connections and influence. MPBA membership delivers all three. Chief executive Jackie Maginnis discusses why membership matters.
As the international trade association for modular construction, the Modular Building Institute's mission is to expand the use of offsite construction through innovation and education.
With the government agreeing that a sharp surge in housebuilding is required if it is to hit its 1.5 million target, insulation specialist Actis says constructing more offsite homes and increasing the construction workforce will play a key role in helping to meet that goal.
Morgan Sindall Construction’s Eastern Counties business has been appointed by West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust to deliver the £15m construction phase of a state-of-the-art Endoscopy Unit at Newmarket Community Hospital.
Building on its well-founded reputation as a manufacturer of cladding support systems and high-performance fasteners, SFS Group Fastening Technology has developed an advance, user-friendly new Centre Point System for installing flat panels across both steel and aluminium subframes.
At this year’s Specifier Summit 2025, hosted by BCM Agency, one theme resonated across every discussion: the appetite for innovation is strong, but confidence and understanding still lag behind.
Zoe Metcalfe of AtkinsRéalis examines the role of Design for Manufacture and Assembly in meeting some of the UK’s biggest infrastructure and housing goals, while increasing certainty, improving safety and speeding up projects
Material Evolution (Mevo) has been named the National Innovation Award winner at the 2025 Constructing Excellence Awards, for its work in ultra-low carbon construction.
As Richard Hipkiss, development director of the Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA), makes clear – fire resistance and building safety are no longer just compliance matters; they are now defining measures of how the construction industry is judged.
For Oasis Live ‘25, Star Live designed, engineered and built a modular staging system that stretches an impressive 72m and carries over 100 tonnes of production.
Jackie Maginnis, chief executive of the Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA), has dedicated her career to championing a sector that is transforming the future of construction.
Volumetric developer Tide has secured Gateway 2 approval for its 424-bed purpose-built student accommodation development, The Green, in Southall, West London, the first volumetric scheme in the UK to do so.
MMC Ireland member Vision Built, a leading offsite construction specialist delivering modular and panelised building solutions across Ireland and the UK, will debut its refreshed brand identity at this year’s Education Estates event held in Manchester on the 14th and 15th October 2025.
Ireland correspondent Carol Tallon spoke with PJ Rudden, chairman of construction innovation and digital adoption within the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform, about seven priority actions intended to drive productivity, sustainability and digital adoption.
Jackie Maginnis, chief executive of the Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA), argues it is time for the volumetric modular industry to broaden its horizons.
High-performance, energy efficient and carbon capturing in it's creation- there are a myriad of reasons why we should be building with timber, as Lamella explains.
The construction sector faces a critical juncture: over 4m homes in deficit, a looming labour shortfall of 250,000 by 2028 and rising material costs. Traditional approaches can no longer keep up. What’s needed is a complete rethinking of the materials and methods shaping our built environment.
