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.

A new Endoscopy Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn aims to be a flagship for digital innovation and modular construction. CM reports.

Panelised modern methods of construction (MMC) for new homes can reduce health and safety hazard exposure by 20% on construction sites.

We must stop treating hospital projects as one-off capital investments, argues Leigh Carter.

Womble Bond Dickinson hosted a lively online panel discussion with experts on modern methods of construction earlier this month.

Timber will play a vital role on the built environment’s journey towards net zero. But what’s it like working in the sector?

As timber construction becomes more popular as the UK tries to reach its net zero targets, how can construction with the material overcome its insurance challenges, asks Jim Glockling?

UK-based folding bicycle manufacturer Brompton has unveiled plans to build a new factory on stilts on a 100-acre floodplain outside Ashford, Kent.

The pandemic has helped fuel growth in the life sciences construction sector. Nigel Barnes explains where offsite has a role to play

A collaborative approach lies at the heart of scaling up modern methods of construction in the UK, to help solve the housing crisis and drive down construction-related CO2 emissions.

The UK’s first net zero McDonald’s has just opened in Shropshire, built by a supply chain full of low-carbon innovations. Kristina Smith reports.

Experts in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) have challenged the idea it will only work in certain pockets of the UK and argue that it will contribute to the levelling up agenda if embraced.

Manufacturers’ organisation Make UK has launched a new trade body, Make Modular, to bring together Britain’s modular housing companies.

Experts in construction and engineering from UK law firm, Womble Bond Dickinson, have called upon employers to wake up to the potential of T levels to support new talent into Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).