5 minutes with … Trina Chakravarti at Building Better
The Building Better project director on the importance of innovative and collaborative working, growing up in Calcutta and her admiration for Dame Zaha Hadid Why did you choose construction as a career? I didn’t know much about housing and construction at first but now it’s the opposite – I’m in love with the sector and the opportunity […]
Member story – emh Group
As one of the largest providers of affordable homes in the East Midlands, emh has over 20,000 properties in more than 40 local authority areas across the region. In March 2021, emh agreed a deal to manufacture 42 modern methods of construction (MMC) homes in Nottinghamshire. Since then they have joined Building Better with the […]
Member story – Nottingham Community Housing Association
In our new member profile series, we ask housing associations and local authorities why they joined Building Better. Find out about their drivers, their challenges, and their plans for the future. Nottingham Community Housing Association (NCHA) Set up in 1973, NCHA houses more than 20,000 people and manages 10,000 homes all over the East Midlands. […]
Driving zero carbon with MMC
Webinar with The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher, Minister for Housing, Zoe Guizarro, Senior Policy Researcher, Citizens Advice and Catherine Ryder, Director of Policy and Research, National Housing Federation Membership of Building Better is open to any housing association or local authority housing provider in England and Wales. Get in touch to find out more
The tide is changing around finance directors’ perception of MMC
Many people believe the risk profile for offsite construction is too high for it to ever become mainstream in social housing. Problems around manufacturer stability, payment structures, quality assurance, mortgageability and lender confidence have all dogged the image of factory-built homes. As a result it’s assumed that modern methods of construction are still filed under […]
Three major modular firms appointed to social landlords’ £600m framework
An alliance of housing associations has selected three of the UK’s largest modular manufacturers to deliver its first offsite homes framework. An alliance of housing associations has selected three of the UK’s largest modular manufacturers to deliver its first offsite homes framework #UKhousing Building Better, a National Housing Federation (NHF)-backed group of 29 social landlords, […]
NHF-backed Building Better appoints three manufacturers to £600m offsite framework
Building Better, the National Housing Federation-supported alliance of 29 housing associations and local authorities working together to increase the use of modern methods of construction (MMC), has appointed three manufacturers to deliver its first offsite homes framework. Procurement for Housing and Building Better have signed up Ilke Homes, Impact Modular and TopHat to the volumetric […]
Three appointed to £600m offsite housing framework
Three offsite housing specialists have been appointed to a £600m framework set up by the National Housing Federation (NHF).
Debunking three assumptions about modern methods of construction
Three Building Better board members, our procurement partner, Procurement for Housing, and the…
Factory built homes and sustainability – a perfect match?
A complicated problem that’s never been more important. Developing new affordable homes is a challenge at the best of times and this past year has added plenty more for us to think about.