A new Barbour forecast predicts that after several high profile collapses, the fortunes of offsite manufacturers could be on the rebound- with social housing the key.
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.
Algeco has secured a Department for Education (DfE) funded modular school framework project for the offsite construction of Northampton School for Boys Multi-Academy Trust.
The Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA) plays a key role in supporting all sections of the modular construction industry. Leading best practice principles, the association is represented on many committees for the benefit of members.
With much of the UK enduring a heatwave and drought in August, is more unpredictable and extreme weather another reason for the construction industry to adopt Modern Methods of Construction? Ian Atkinson of Womble Bond Dickinson takes a look.
The City of Wolverhampton Council has provisionally selected Legal & General as the developer for its Canalside South development, pending planning approval.
The Modular & Portable Building Association (MPBA) plays a key role in connecting all sectors of the industry. This not-for-profit trade association’s objective is to support the raising of safety and quality standards, provide training and facilitate significant modular industry research.
West Fraser's CaberDek is perfectly suited to the UK's unpredictable climate, combining the company’s market-leading particleboard flooring with a tough, waterproof and slip-resistant film.
In this article, Sanjit Dosanjh, West Fraser’s (Trading as Norbord) National Sales Manager for the UK & Ireland, examines the relationship between merchants and the timber industry.
Modulous seeks to partner with developers, public housing providers, architects and construction firms offering them a configurable Kit of Parts to build net-zero modular homes without a factory.
This article explores how Kings Meadow Homes have selected Paramount Timber Frame to manage their offsite timber frame manufacture for their Fox Talbot Close, Reading.
This article follows the MBI's Inside Modular Podcast, where Stuart Cameron, co-founder of UK-based design firm SCMS Associates talks about designing net zero modular buildings in and around England ahead of London's goal of being a net zero carbon city by 2030.
SterlingOSB Zero T&G, from timber panel specialist, West Fraser (Trading as Norbord), uses precision-engineered tongue and groove boards used for flat roof decking and timber frame construction, as well as for flooring and other applications.
The Hill Group handed over eight Solohaus modular homes for the homeless to Dacorum Borough Council, intended as follow-on accommodation for people in the local area.
Beattie Passive has completed the UK’s first large-scale demountable and relocatable modular net zero housing development, offering a solution for homeless families in Cardiff.
A new modular timber demonstrator unit prototype shows how timber kit-of-parts approach to retrofitting could be the key to future sustainable offices.
