That's according to a new report from global management consultant McKinsey & Co...
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McKinsey: UK is a growth market for modular
There are signs that modular construction is finally due to disrupt markets across the world with the UK one of the principal markets for growth.
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Revealing designs for the world’s tallest hybrid timber tower
A Vancouver (British Columbia) developer has proposed a mass timber, Passive House skyscraper that could be the world’s tallest wood tower.
Delta Land Corporation is working with architect Peter Busby from Perkins + Will to design the 35 to...
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Modular building is (slowly) moving onto jobsites
Call it what you want, offsite construction isn't going anywhere — except to more jobsites.
The construction industry’s productivity woes are nothing new to the companies trying to solve the problem. While the agriculture and...
Toronto gets a tall wood tower - and, maybe, an architectural masterpiece
Dubbed 'The Arbour,' the building represents a move by George Brown College to make a mark with a building of international significance.
The proposal by Shigeru Ban with the Toronto firm Brook McIlroy would be a showpiece of a...
Shigeru Ban Unveils Interiors for "Worlds Tallest" Hybrid Timber Tower in Vancouver
These new images offer a glimpse inside Japanese architect Shigeru Ban's Terrace House for Vancouver, set to become the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world once complete.
Ban's residential tower is expected to reach 71 metres at...
Norwegian contractor building ‘world’s tallest timber building’
Norwegian timber specialist Moelven has announced that it is building an 80m-tall mixed-use building in its home town of Brumunddal, about 100km north of Oslo.
Moelven says its building, the Mjøstårnet, will be the tallest all-timber...
The sky’s the limit for sustainable wooden skyscrapers
Australia will soon hold the record for the world’s tallest timber office building at 5 King St Brisbane, and with the help of The University of Queensland’s new research hub, wooden skyscrapers could become the norm.
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Hybrid
http://mail.offsitehub.co.uk/glossary/hybrid/
A term describing something that is a combination of more than one discrete system or material. This term, in the context of offsite should not be confused with its use to describe the combination of structural steel and concrete in the frame...
Light Gauge Steel Frame (LGSF)
http://mail.offsitehub.co.uk/glossary/light-gauge-steel-frame-lgsf/
Light gauge steel frame is a fundamentally important material to offsite construction. Structural panels assembled from cold-formed galvanised steel sections can be used in a wide range of building types and in hybrid...
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)
http://mail.offsitehub.co.uk/glossary/cross-laminated-timber-clt/
Increasingly popular as part of hybrid builds and multi-storey timber structures, CLT panels are precision-manufactured to any dimension and shape from single-layer timber boards then glued together at right angles to form...
