Initiative designed to shed more light on new technologies
Firms are being put on notice to carry out research into modern methods of construction for the housing ministry.
黑洞社区 understands that an open tender competition for the work, which will look into building units that are constructed offsite and transported to site for assembly, will begin soon.
Last month, housing minister Christopher Pincher told MPs the initiative would help 鈥渇urther understand these new construction technologies鈥�.
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick recently announced that at least 20% of homes funded by a new 拢12bn affordable homes programme will need to be manufactured using modern methods.
Back in 2017, a host of government departments promised to use offsite construction ahead of traditional methods for their capital programmes.
The transport, health, education, justice and defence departments said they would adopt 鈥渁 presumption in favour of offsite construction by 2019鈥� across suitable capital programmes.
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