OSM: Time to scale up to meet demand, retain jobs and build capability

EasyBuild director Mike Fox says instead of importing fully-built homes, the Government has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a sustainable, Kiwi-based, off-site manufacturing (OSM) housing industry. Many readers will have seen the recent positive news that Kainga Ora (formerly Housing Zealand) is poised to order thousands of prefabricated homes using OSM, as it is now […] The post OSM: Time to scale up to meet demand, retain jobs and build capability appeared first on Building Today.

Robinson buys Castleoak assets from administrators

Assets of collapsed off-site manufacturing firm Castleoak have been snapped up by a construction products company. Northamptonshire-based Robinson Manufacturing has bought the assets of timber-frame specialist Castleoak Offsite Manufacturing from administrators. Robinson said it would restart production at Castleoak’s Ebbw Vale factory and look to… The post Robinson buys Castleoak assets from administrators appeared first on Construction News.

HM Government - Industrial Strategy, Construction Sector Deal, 2018

The Construction Sector Deal sets out an ambitious partnership between the industry and the government that aims to transform the sector’s productivity through innovative technologies and a more highly skilled workforce