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Bellway partners with Donaldson Timber Systems to build The Future Home

|Date: 25 Jan 2023

Bellway partners with Donaldson Timber Systems to build The Future Home

Housebuilder Bellway has teamed up with supply partner Donaldson Timber Systems to build The Future Home ...

Housebuilder Bellway has teamed up with supply partner Donaldson Timber Systems to build The Future Home – an experimental eco house which has been designed to test low-carbon technologies. Leading UK ...

25 Jan 2023
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Hayfield invests in MMC to accelerate build programmes

|Date: 26 Jul 2022

Hayfield invests in MMC to accelerate build programmes

Hayfield has made a significant investment in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) across six of its live ...

Hayfield has made a significant investment in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) across six of its live development sites, with the developer targeting a turnover of £150m during 2022. A panelised ...

26 Jul 2022
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Bellway buys land from Homes England for landmark development at Tattenhoe Park

|Date: 31 Mar 2022

Bellway buys land from Homes England for landmark development at Tattenhoe Park

Bellway has completed the purchase of land from Homes England in Milton Keynes, where it will adopt new b ...

Bellway has completed the purchase of land from Homes England in Milton Keynes, where it will adopt new building technology for the first time in the UK, speeding up the build process with some homes ...

31 Mar 2022
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Production underway at new CoreHaus modular housebuilding factory

|Date: 18 Aug 2021

Production underway at new CoreHaus modular housebuilding factory

Modular housebuilder CoreHaus has officially opened its first manufacturing site in North East England – ...

Modular housebuilder CoreHaus has officially opened its first manufacturing site in North East England – a 20,000sq ft factory in County Durham. The company’s five-year plan will see CoreHaus producin ...

18 Aug 2021
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Modern Methods of Construction | Womble Bond Dickinson comments

|Date: 05 Aug 2021

Modern Methods of Construction | Womble Bond Dickinson comments

Ian Atkinson, partner at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, asks whether it’s time to incentivise Modern Met ...

Ian Atkinson, partner at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, asks whether it’s time to incentivise Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). It sometimes seems that Modern Methods of Construction are held up ...

05 Aug 2021
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Light gauge steel homes speeding up Sunderland affordable housing scheme

|Date: 22 Dec 2020

Light gauge steel homes speeding up Sunderland affordable housing scheme

Esh Construction will deliver an affordable housing scheme in Sunderland in half the time with more than ...

Esh Construction will deliver an affordable housing scheme in Sunderland in half the time with more than a quarter of new homes to be created using light gauge steel (LGS) structures. Teaming up with ...

22 Dec 2020
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Sigmat and McCarthy & Stone agree major partnership to deliver new retirement communities

|Date: 16 Dec 2020

Sigmat and McCarthy & Stone agree major partnership to deliver new retirement communities

Leeds-based Sigmat have agreed a major new partnership with McCarthy & Stone, the UK’s leading develo ...

Leeds-based Sigmat have agreed a major new partnership with McCarthy & Stone, the UK’s leading developer and manager of retirement communities, to use Sigmat’s unique modern method of construction ...

16 Dec 2020
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AIMCH | Tackling the housing shortage

|Date: 03 Nov 2020

AIMCH | Tackling the housing shortage

In 2019 the annual housebuilding target was missed by 138,978. The UK Government wants 300,000 new homes ...

In 2019 the annual housebuilding target was missed by 138,978. The UK Government wants 300,000 new homes built a year—a number not hit in 50 years. Traditional methods of construction simply fall shor ...

03 Nov 2020
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Modern Methods of Construction ‘no quick fix’

|Date: 12 Feb 2020

Modern Methods of Construction ‘no quick fix’

Chris Stanley, Housing Manager, Modern Masonry, argues that Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is not a ...

Chris Stanley, Housing Manager, Modern Masonry, argues that Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is not a rapid solution to the housing shortage. Last month, I attended UK Construction Week where the ...

12 Feb 2020
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Euramax | Exploring modular construction

|Date: 14 Jan 2020

Euramax | Exploring modular construction

From prehistoric homes that were made from twigs and branches, to 800 metre-high skyscrapers, constructio ...

From prehistoric homes that were made from twigs and branches, to 800 metre-high skyscrapers, construction has developed rapidly over the years. However, the speed of construction for some builds is s ...

14 Jan 2020
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