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SFS Centre Point System launched to enhance accuracy, appearance and the environment

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.

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Case study: A capital blueprint for modular success

An innovative partnership between award-winning architecture practice astudio and the London Borough of Dagenham & Barking is forging a blueprint for MMC housing development in London

Modular home specialists set up first offsite factory

Modular home specialists Go_Modular are setting up their first offsite factory near Southampton as the business looks to disrupt the traditional housebuilding market

Is the government embracing offsite construction?

The summer saw two key inquiries by Sir Oliver Letwin and the House of Lords put the spotlight on offsite construction as a way of closing the gap between housing production and the government’s target of 300,000 new properties a year. Tom Shaw, director at Ramboll, discusses their findings – and how the industry must respond

Innovations in timber and offsite construction

Lewis Taylor of TRADA discusses the evolution of offsite timber frame construction into a fully modern method of delivering high quality, cost-effective and sustainable buildings

McBains to advise on London’s tallest modular towers

McBains has been appointed to give strategic and technical advice on the development of the world's tallest modular towers in Croydon, South London.

How offsite is set to revive the ailing housebuilding industry

Geoff Fawkes, director of The McAvoy Group, looks at how offsite construction is helping to address the housing crisis by increasing productivity.

Offsite construction bringing benefits onsite

As quality over cost becomes key driver, offsite manufacturing provides greater product assurances, says Adam Cafer, technical manager at Polypipe Terrain

Council rely on modular homes to reduce waiting time for houses

In a bid to reduce the waiting time for houses, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council are trailblazing the use of modular homes

The world’s first commercial housing project based on 3D printing 

Project Milestone is building the world’s first 3D printed concrete homes that will actually be lived in.

Work begins on modular hotel in Finsbury Park

Work is set to commence on a new modular hotel in Finsbury Park, as the fast-expanding area is “surprisingly short on hotel spaces”

Offsite factory to produce more than 1,000 homes a year

An offsite factory that can produce more than 1,000 homes each year has officially opened in Walsall by LoCal Homes

Bristol commits to modular housing trials to combat housing crisis

Bristol City Council has identified sites available across the city to test and deliver innovative and affordable modular housing solutions over the next five years

Modular homes for the homeless could be ready by Christmas

Three Rivers District Council is building 17 modular homes to house 102 homeless people on Bury Lane in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

CCG responds to growing demand by expanding off-site manufacturing

CCG (Scotland) Ltd has welcomed 35 new members to its off-site manufacturing business, CCG OSM, in response to growing demand for its energy efficient timber systems

Integra moves into flagship self-built modular offices

Modular specialist Integra Buildings has moved into flagship self-built offices as part of a £3m investment programme

Prefabricated houses are on the rise – here’s everything you need to know

In this piece, Advantage Home Construction Insurance will be answering everything you need to know about prefabricated houses and its booming popularity.

Three innovative uses of 3D printing in construction

Technology is impacting the construction sector in myriad positive ways and a key catalyst for the industry’s technological revolution has been 3D printing. Here, Advantage takes a look at how 3D printers are impacting the construction industry

Modular student homes scheme completed in record time

Tide Construction and their offsite manufacturing company, Vision Modular Systems, have completed Chapter Highbury II, a 257-bed modular student homes scheme in London

A stainless steel 3D printed bridge takes shape in Amsterdam

The full span of a stainless steel 3D printed bridge to cross one of Amsterdam’s oldest and most famous canals has been completed

Tranport for London and Apartments for London team up to deliver housing

Transport for London (TfL) has announced a new partnership with Apartments for London (AfL) to deliver high quality, affordable homes across a number of...

Construction skills shortage reinforces need for MMC, says report

A growing skills shortage in London’s construction sector is reinforcing the need for adopting Modern Methods of Construction, according to a new Centre for London report

RICS urges industry to embrace Modern Methods of Construction

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released a paper urging the government and construction industry to “think outside of the bricks” and boost diversity in construction skills, by embracing Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

ZEDFactory to provide 23 prefabricated homes for college development

Central Bedfordshire College has selected ZEDPods, a new offsite manufacturer of low-cost starter-homes, for a development on college land which will offer 23 prefabricated homes to Dunstable’s nurses, teachers and firefighters

Permanent design for temporary building at Birmingham University

Architecturally designed and built completely to spec, the new three-storey, modular building on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston Campus is full of unique features

McAvoy expands into residential sector with offsite housing solution

The McAvoy Group has announced its expansion into the residential sector with the launch of a new offsite housing solution for all housing tenures

£2bn offsite housing framework revealed

Construction firms will have the chance to bid for a place on an offsite housing framework set to be renewed by procurement specialist LHC, worth around £2bn

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