All MMC articles
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CommentHere we go again鈥� if the industry won鈥檛 change, we must change the way we operate within it
The collapse of ISG is the latest illustration of a trading model still stuck in聽鈥榠nexorable decline鈥�. The industry鈥檚 survival requires wise leadership, better decision-making and a focus on what is working rather than what is not,聽says Mark Farmer
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CommentA vision for a construction project in 2030
We need to stimulate new thinking, debate and research directions to carry the industry into the next decade, says Dr Brian Sheil
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CommentOnly by building with factory precision can the next government hit housing targets
The parties鈥� election pledges to build more houses will remain unattainable using traditional methods, writes Tide Construction鈥檚 Christy Hayes
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CommentAsk not what the next government can do for construction
聽Construction must up its game and be a true partner to the next administration, says Paul Ruddick of Reds10
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FeaturesPre-election briefing: What can we expect for investment in the NHS estate?
The first of Boris Johnson鈥檚 promised 40 hospitals will open this month. But huge delays to the 拢22bn programme mean that, months before an election, procurement for most of the work hasn鈥檛 even begun and there is no certainty that Labour will push ahead. Joey Gardiner asks what it all ...
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NewsRowley asks for more time to respond to MMC report as industry exits mount
Lords committee wants full response before end of May
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NewsStandardised design for New Hospital Programme to be published in May
Reference designs for hospitals nearly finalised as consortiums bid for 拢600m programmer delivery partner job
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CommentHas MMC gone from an industry salvation to a pseudo solution?
Once touted as聽the answer to all our productivity woes,聽MMC increasingly looks like it may have been just another wacky idea with little chance of success in these uncertain times,聽writes Richard Steer
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CommentIndustry transformation is complex and needs to be treated as such
MMC has taken a kicking since the House of Lords鈥� committee report,聽but the bigger picture is far more nuanced with plenty of examples of positive innovation, writes Trudi Sully
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NewsGovernment鈥檚 plans for MMC in 鈥榙isarray鈥�, says Lords committee
Homes England accused of lacking coherent strategy聽
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NewsGovernment can鈥檛 subsidise MMC forever, warns housing minister
Aspirations around modern methods of construction 鈥渘ot yet鈥� achieved, Lee Rowley says
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NewsMake energy efficient homes stamp duty-free, says TopHat boss
Modular housebuilder tells chancellor needs more government support
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NewsConstruction cannot 鈥榯weak broken model鈥� to solve productivity puzzle, says MMC boss
Merit鈥檚 Tony Wells tells conference industry needs radical rethink聽
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CommentWhy counting the cost of carbon is anything but straightforward
Is the price of carbon emissions going up or down? It might depend on who you are and where your project is located, writes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis. That is not a good thing聽
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NewsIlke collapsed into administration with debts of 拢319m
Staggering debts of modular housebuilder include 拢68m to Homes England and 拢227m to equity investors
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FeaturesWhat went wrong for Ilke Homes?
Following the collapse of the Knaresborough-based business lauded as a pioneer of modular construction, Matilda Battersby asks the experts what happened and how other businesses in the space can avoid a similar fate
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CommentWe鈥檝e lost our lead in the fight against climate change. Now it鈥檚 crunch time
The muted response to the UK鈥檚 latest climate change progress report highlights that the current approach isn鈥檛 working, observes Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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CommentContracting for offsite schemes
Peter Hibberd sets out the JCT standard form options when selecting a contract for a project that will use modern methods of construction
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CommentOn a quest for the ultimate offsite solution
Construction has yet to make the widespread productivity gains promised by embracing manufacturing techniques 鈥� while suffering many business failures in the attempt. But could we be on the cusp of a breakthrough?
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NewsIlke Homes in talks with 15 potential investors over sale
Modular builder says there is a 鈥榗lear appetite鈥� for a deal to save 1,000-person firm