Mark Farmer awarded honorary CIOB fellowship 

Industry veteran Mark Farmer has been awarded an honorary CIOB Fellowship. Farmer was presented with the honour after he delivered the annual CIOB Sir James Wates lecture in London in September. The post Mark Farmer awarded honorary CIOB fellowship  appeared first on Construction Management.

Mark Farmer steps down as Cast chief executive in leadership reshuffle

Mark Farmer has stepped down as chief executive of consultancy Cast as part of a leadership shake-up. Farmer, who co-founded the London-based consultancy in 2016, will continue to sit on the board with a remit to oversee the firm's brand and long-term strategy. He is… The post Mark Farmer steps down as Cast chief executive in leadership reshuffle appeared first on Construction News.

Mark Farmer steps back as Cast chief executive

MMC campaigner to be replaced by fellow co-founder of firm Joe Thornton

Solving the workforce capacity conundrum

Mark Farmer is the founder of Cast Consultancy and the author of the independent Department for Education review on construction skills One of the central conclusions I arrived at in writing the recent Industry Training Board review, Transforming the Construction Workforce, is that the solutions… The post Solving the workforce capacity conundrum appeared first on Construction News.

Labour already ‘playing catch-up’ on housing target, says building skills expert

Mark Farmer said that the shortage of skilled labour would be a factor in prime minister Sir Keir Starmer missing the pledge. The post Labour already ‘playing catch-up’ on housing target, says building skills expert appeared first on Property Week.

CCHPR - Pre-Manufactured Value and MMC - A critical examination of PMV as a performance evaluation metric 27042022

A roundtable discussion on 27 April 2022 provided an opportunity for MMC industry professionals to explore the role of PMV as a performance evaluation metric. Mark Farmer, the UK Government’s Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) Champion for Housing and founding director and CEO of Cast Consultancy shared his observations about PMV with attendees,

Batimat - Is it really urgent to industrialise Construction (Part 1), 03102022

Cast Consultancy's CEO - Mark Farmer - addresses the Paris Conference on the modernisation of the Construction Industry [The video is in English after the first 3 minutes for approximately half-an-hour]

Building Magazine - Why are we struggling to make modular work, 02082022

If modular construction can save so much carbon, then surely, one way or another, it needs to succeed? But this year has seen a succession of rms go to the wall and doubts persist among many more traditional builders. Tom Lowe (of Building Magazine) looks at the issues involved and talks to those who are determined to see it succeed

The B1M - Offsite Manufacturing Explained: Special Report 28082019

In B1M's special report, Fred Mills explores the rise of "offsite manufacturing" and its impact on the construction industry