Social housing developers in the UK are struggling to normalise the use of MMC in development and they should look at what’s happening in Asia and across Europe for inspiration, argues Andrew Yuill My background isn’t just housing, I’m an accountant by trade, so when I joined Flagship Group, I had
Steve Cole, director of Make UK Modular – the trade body for volumetric manufacturers – lays out a strong case for the government to invest in MMC delivery. Well, that was a busy few weeks. At Make UK Modular, the voice of the modular housing industry, if we’ve learned one
David Done, chief executive of RHP, shares how housing can help us meet our social and environmental goals. With the recent extreme weather conditions hitting the UK, the environmental crisis has never been more mission-critical. We know that the housing sector has a huge part to play to help create
This blog post shares what we’ve learnt in the thirteen months since the launch of our Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Category 1 volumetric framework. A year ago, we launched a procurement route we believed would plug the hole needed for housing associations and local authorities to begin scaling their
Jez Sweetland calls for public bodies to show more leadership around MMC in the first in a series of guest blogs. The UK is facing multiple compounding threats: the housing crisis, the climate and ecological emergencies and the construction skills shortage. To tackle these requires system change that can only
Too many housing associations are reluctant to share information with development ‘rivals’ but trust and co-operation is vital to make MMC widespread in affordable housing, writes Jake Snell A competitive culture is the norm in housing development, but in social housing – where the focus is people, not profit –