Chicago-based Skender Manufacturing, the modular-focused spinoff of general contractor Skender Construction, has announced it is closing its doors due to economic difficulties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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OFFSITE FUTURE: DATA & DIGITALISATION
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Graham Cleland, Managing Director of Berkeley Modular, sees digitalisation as an enabler to scale and a way to leverage productivity. With the landscape of the UK’s offsite sector becoming increasingly populated over the last few years, what...
NHBC ACCEPTS: DRIVING OFFSITE HOUSING EXCELLENCE
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NHBC provide warranty and insurance for around 75-80% of the new homes built in the UK each year. With the recent launch of NHBC Accepts, they now bring decades of expertise and knowledge to the offsite world. We spoke to Richard Lankshear,...
UK must embrace offsite to hit 2050 net-zero targets
David Clark, manufacturing director of The McAvoy Group explores how offsite construction can help the industry hit net-zero targets
Last month the Prime Minister announced an expansive £350m package to cut UK emissions in heavy...
Richard Lankshear on NHBC Accepts
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We’ve been helping to improve build quality through NHBC Standards since 1936. We provide warranty and insurance for around 75/80% of the new homes built in the UK each year with around a million on site inspections carried out each year....
Print Your Own Home
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Belgium has seen Kamp C – the Westerlo-based provincial Centre for Sustainability and Innovation in Construction – print a house using the largest 3D concrete printer in Europe. The 90sq.m dwelling was printed in one piece with a fixed...
Laing O’Rourke wants projects 90% factory-built by 2025
Laing O’Rourke is aiming to deliver 90% of construction work on projects inside its factories by 2025.
Currently, the group’s goal is to manufacture 70% of a project’s components offsite, part of its ‘70:60:30’ strategy,...
Prefabrication can drive UK construction’s recovery
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As the construction industry starts to get the country back building again, contractors are now considering the economic and safety challenges that lie ahead in the sector’s recovery. David Ayers, piping category manager from Geberit looks...
£4m investment to transform Icknield Port Loop
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Work to breathe new life into brownfield land at Icknield Port Loop, close to the heart of Birmingham is being accelerated following a £4m investment by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
The funding paves the way for...
Transitioning to Offsite Building Materials
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With the live events industry buckling under the strain of COVID-19, a modular, factory-finished terrace product could help the sector bring reprofiling and renovation projects to a cost-effective conclusion, says David Glover, CEO, SPS...