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.

Cost inflation was the cause of last week’s fall into administration of offsite building firm Caledonian Modular.

Mark Farmer has welcomed the launch of a new and “very different” modular builder, after it opened its first factory.

Legal & General’s burgeoning modular homes business has increased its pipeline to 670 homes, after reaching a deal to deliver 153 homes in Broadstairs, Kent.

Ilke Homes is to build 622 modular homes for Boots on a brownfield site that was once part of the chemist’s headquarters in Nottingham.

Three offsite manufacturers – Ilke Homes, Impact Modular and TopHat – will share a £600m framework to build more than 5,000 over the next five years.

Understanding platform-DfMA and what it means for our organisations could be key to transforming the construction sector, says Zoe Price