Modular contractor Reds10 has recorded a 70% increase in revenue following a strong financial performance during the last tax year.

Bellway aims to use timber frame construction in 30% of its housing projects by 2030, more than doubling its current 12% output.

A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.

Two Kier joint ventures, Laing O’Rourke and Bowmer and Kirkland are among the six contractors appointed by the Ministry of Defence for a new ‘alliance’ to build single living accommodation for the Army using MMC.

CIOB Nottingham Hub members took a tour of the Vistry Works East Midlands Factory in Coalville, Leicestershire, in January.

After last month’s spotlight on MMC in Australia, Rod Sweet looks at a new CIOB report on the building method’s prospects in Ireland.

Sydney-based CIOB member Martin Fenn examines Australia’s recent forays into offsite construction – and what it could learn from the UK.

Laing O’Rourke has launched a ‘platform’ approach to design and construction which can be applied to buildings in a range of sectors.

DLUHC has launched a project to standardise at scale and encourage the uptake of MMC through the development of an open-source kit of parts.

CIOB members in East Anglia have the opportunity to visit a large-scale MMC build for the NHS this month.

Fire chiefs have warned that the ambition to build homes quickly and sustainably using modern methods of construction (MMC) should not come at the expense of building safety.

Onsite studies of MMC housing construction show significant cost and time benefits. Let’s work together to make that the norm, argues L&Q CEO Fiona Fletcher-Smith.

The award-winning Seismic project aims to tackle the manufacturing issues around offsite construction and modern methods of building.

Modular construction took centre stage in the latest episode of Channel 4’s Grand Designs, which first aired last night (7 September).

Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST) has unveiled a new modular demonstrator that showcases how a timber kit of parts can help to retrofit offices. Specialist timber manufacturer Ecosystems Technologies…

Housebuilder Countryside is to close a new modular housing factory as it grapples with losses in its manufacturing business.

“We need to bring disruptive technologies and practices into mainstream construction,” says Martin Fenn, CIOB member and MMC lead for CIOB Oceania.

After a career in the aerospace industry before a switch to construction, David Lawrence observes that drive and passion in this industry is poorly served by traditional hierarchies.