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Ask The Balcony Expert
9/4/20
Tristan Parsons, Managing Director of leading UK balcony specialist, Sapphire Balconies, provides some answers on designing and manufacturing balconies using offsite processes. Q: What is the...
Modular Construction with Jackie Maginnis
2/4/20
Despite recent reports that suggest government departments are not adopting a presumption in favour of offsite, the Modular and Portable Building Association (MPBA) has research which shows volumetric modular construction is...
Ask the Expert with Darren Richards
24/3/20
Offsite expert Darren Richards, Managing Director of Cogent Consulting, shares his perspective on the future of factory-based building technology with the Offsite Hub. With the government’s presumption for...
Laying the foundations for better construction
15/11/19
It's easy to take for granted just how crucial buildings are to all our lives. Think about the hospital you were born in, the home you grew up in, the school you were taught in and the building you work in. Buildings of all types...
Zero Defects using advanced manufacturing technology
3/10/19
We can all be seduced by the proposition of advanced building systems. For some the vision of factory-manufactured building solutions, where completed elements glide along robot-controlled production assembly lines and are...
The future of factory-based building technology
16/9/19
The offsite manufacturing sector is gaining traction like never before. The challenge now is to get a decent foothold in the traditional construction market and to ensure that manufacturing volumes hit such levels that it is no longer cost...
Offsite timber solutions - the best way to address concerns
30/8/19
The dust has now settled following the launch of the Housing White Paper when Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, outlined what he called 'the bold radical vision for the housing market'. As the industry...
