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By Sam Stacey 2021-06-28T05:00:00+01:00 Increasing efficiency and reducing waste are essential tasks if construction is to modernise successfully rather than die, Sam Stacey says I am often asked whether established construction firms face the threat of disruptive innovation - and whether new entrants to the construction market will swoop in and hoover up the profit? Until recently, complexity and disorder in the construction system formed a significant barrier. In 2018, however, the sector deal for construction set out to sweep away that disorder, paving the way for efficiency and elim...

Grand Funk Returns, Sells Out Michigan Show  has announced the rescheduled dates of their “Some Kind of Wonderful” United States tour. The 30-date trek kicks off on July 2nd in Fayetteville, Georgia, hitting amphitheaters, casinos, state fairs and more venues across the country until the scheduled dates wrap up November 6th in Florence, South Carolina. If that’s not enough for you, there are five more shows yet to be announced that will extend the run until December 3rd. Grand Funk Railroad will be joined by Blue Oyster Cult, the Guess Who, and Little River Band – and in Mount P...

The MMC revolution is getting underway Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) may be new in the UK but it’s looking to set to take off in a big way. Stephen Ward of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) explains the far-reaching benefits Stephen Ward As an industry we’ve seen a lot of change over the last few years, particularly in the last 12 months as the move to home working triggered an explosion of digital services. The world of building and development has been no different. Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) may already be a term familiar to some of us in the industry, and i...

By Mike De'Ath 2021-04-30T05:00:00+01:00 Moving construction to a platform-based approach will boost productivity but housing with its varied markets and tenures requires more flexibility, says HTA’s Mike De’Ath The housing minister, Chris Pincher, is often heard to say at Zoom conferences on the subject of modular and modern methods of construction (MMC) that: ‘‘I often joke that not all good ideas start in the Treasury, but all good ideas can end in the Treasury if it doesn’t like them. However, the Treasury likes MMC, which is a good place to be.’’ This oft repeated qu...

Future of Modular Construction | Promoting the benefits of offsite construction in housing Research into the benefits and challenges of using modern methods of construction in the housing sector could help the wider construction industry gain greater insight. Five years after Mark Farmer’s industry review told the UK construction sector to “modernise or die”, Homes England-funded research is very much aimed at making sure the housing sector consciously chooses to modernise. Homes England is the agency charged with the task of supporting developers to deliver on government’s aims aroun...