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Homes England<\/a> and development partners Atkins<\/a> and Faithful+Gould<\/a> have finalised the research themes for its six-year, 1,800 home MMC research commission<\/h2>\n

The study will test the performance of different types of MMC to provide long-term, in-depth and verifiable data so that informed decisions about emerging construction technologies can be made<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Homes England has published a report outlining the study<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As part of the government\u2019s objective to improve construction productivity and encourage the uptake of MMC in housing delivery, the next phase of this research project will see data collected across eight of Homes England\u2019s sites using MMC.<\/p>\n

Covering a range of offsite and modular building techniques<\/a>, modern methods of construction have the potential to be significantly more productive than traditional building methods; allowing homes to be built more quickly, addressing labour and skills shortages<\/a> and improving the quality, consistency and energy efficiency of newly built homes.<\/p>\n

The research will explore a range of themes, including cost and pace of build, safety performance, snagging and defect issues, construction wastage and logistics and energy efficiency performance.<\/p>\n

It will seek to learn lessons about how these technologies will be deployed and give confidence to the industry to drive a greater uptake of MMC technologies.<\/p>\n

Accelerated uptake of MMC in the residential sector<\/h3>\n

Robert Stone, technical director at Homes England, said: \u201cWe are committed to providing the industry with the body of evidence it is asking for in order to drive a greater understanding of modern house building technologies<\/a> and increase the uptake of modern methods of construction.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow more than ever, we recognise that more needs to be done to share learning and build confidence in MMC.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis large-scale, long-term and in-depth project will provide the sector with the valuable evidence it needs to make informed decisions about MMC and deliver better homes faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Terrence Stocks, UK head of public sector at Faithful+Gould, added: \u201cWith the impacts of Covid-19 and the realisation of our exit from the EU, the need to protect and improve productivity and grow UK revenue is great.<\/p>\n

\u201cCoupled with the release of the UK Government\u2019s Construction Playbook<\/a>, the importance of this research project has grown.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe work of the combined Faithful+Gould, Atkins, BRE and UCL teams over the past year has been great, and despite remote working a fully collaborative multi-organisational approach has been maintained, with the final metrics and collection methods of the report being tested with industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team and the developer organisations, along with their contractors, are now ready to move forward with increased pace, and the next year will see us gathering and analysing data to support a study that will hopefully drive an accelerated uptake of MMC in the residential sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

Working with the Building Research Establishment<\/a> and University College London<\/a>, Atkins and Faithful+Gould will collect and monitor data from the developers during the six-year programme and produce annual updates on the research findings, before a final report is published at the end of the build programme.<\/p>\n

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