Temporary Buildings as a Procurement Strategy for Uncertain Capital Cycles

The post Temporary Buildings as a Procurement Strategy for Uncertain Capital Cycles appeared first on UK Construction Blog. When a capital cycle turns uncertain, the safest building decision is often the one you can reverse. Relocatable and modular buildings let an organisation add fully functional space without committing permanent capital to it, and that single property changes where they belong in a procurement strategy. They are not a stopgap for when the “real” […]

PfH launches £943m modular buildings framework

Procurement for Housing has launched a £943m framework covering modular buildings and related professional services across the UK. The four-year framework will run from 22 October 2026 to 21 October 2030 and will be procured through an open procedure. Procurement for Housing, known as PfH,… The post PfH launches £943m modular buildings framework appeared first on Construction News.

Lovell wins job to rebuild Ilke Homes condemned estate

Fresh start for 221-home Southend scheme after modular homes bulldozed

Jacobs to support planning for Great British Energy – Nuclear SMR programme

Professional services company Jacobs has been appointed by Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) to provide planning and consenting services for the development of the UK’s planned fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs). The post Jacobs to support planning for Great British Energy – Nuclear SMR programme appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Jacobs picked for SMR planning

Great British Energy - Nuclear has selected Jacobs, with support from Quod, to provide planning and consenting services for small modular reactors in the UK.

Construction Management - Can modular make it? May 2023

Is modular housing finally about to go mainstream – or remain a niche player? Kristina Smith speaks to trade body Make UK Modular and other industry players

Tomorrow's Build - This Nuclear Plant is Built in 3 Months 11042023

Can nuclear power be as scalable as solar? To learn more about the future of nuclear, visit http://bit.ly/3UuCY59

HS2 - HS2 super-sizes offsite manufacturing as Kent ‘viaduct factory’ begins production 18052023

The first of 68 giant piers that will support the HS2's first entirely off-site manufactured modular viaduct - the Thame Valley Viaduct - have been cast, in a move that represents a major step forward for viaduct design in the UK.

CBS - The end of Tokyo's ultra-modern Nakagin Tower, 11122022

Completed in 1972, Tokyo's Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture – 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods in the heart of downtown. But now the tower is being demolished, its pods time capsules of the ultra-modern 1970s. Correspondent Elizabeth Palmer reports

Supply Chain Sustainability School - Case Study: Plot No.6 East Village (Housing, MMC Categories 2, 3, 5, & 7), 19112021

The latest addition to the former Olympic Athletes’ Village, now East Village, is the provision of 524 new build-to-rent homes that epitomise the latest design thinking. Ross Bowman from architects Hawkins\Brown explains the innovative MMC solutions that were utilised, including delivering both façade and structural components as sub-assemblies. Download the new DfMA Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work: tinyurl.com/DfMAOverlay

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