665 results for "Components":

The government's target of building 300,000 homes every year is putting pressure on the construction industry to rethink building methods. The National House Building Council estimates that around 10% of new homes built in 2015 used modern...

Intelligent Steel Solutions Ltd (formerly known as Icarus LSF) used modular methods during the construction of Vita Student Westgate, as well as Trimble's Tekla software to assist with the designing and manufacturing of the building.

Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has been the timber industry’s game changer since its conception and for good reason, yet the unpredictable events of the last couple of years show some refinement of the system is required. Rupert Scott, TRADA’s...

Though not a new idea, recent government reports and the housing shortage have brought renewed interest in offsite as an alternative to traditional building methods and consultancy WSP is already seeing the increased use of offsite...

The government and the wider public sector are the biggest clients of the construction industry. Evidence...

A prototype robotic production line that will demonstrate how standardised offsite components could be manufactured for schools and housing is being developed in Coventry.

The Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), the...

Faced with the problem of having to explain a complicated notion it is sometimes helpful to draw on an analogy. Graham Cleland, Director at Berkeley Modular, applies this thinking to the design and build cycle and effective operation and...

The results of the Seismic Consortium have been unveiled and have been hailed as a trailblazer for transforming construction. Richard Crosby, Director of construction consultants blacc, describes how this pioneering consortium could transform the...

Influential committee of Parliamentarians urges ministers to grasp the modern methods of construction nettle.

 The government is in danger of letting slip its target of 300,000 homes being built annually by the middle of the next...

EOS recently hosted one of our regular roundtable events - at the heart of the discussion was design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA), the growth of digital design and how these new tools are playing a huge part in the growth of offsite...