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How giant cranes from Australia could usher in a new era for UK construction
Offsite manufacturing has been hit by a number of high-profile company closures. Could doors opened by the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement allowing larger, record-breaking cranes from Australia to boost the sector by allowing for bigger, bolder modular projects? The post How giant cranes from Australia could usher in a new era for UK construction appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.
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Building HS2’s giant ‘Lego’ viaduct
The Thame Valley Viaduct on HS2 is being built from giant precast blocks weighing up to 90 tonnes. Hamish Champ watches as this offsite manufacturing marvel is slotted together. The post Building HS2’s giant ‘Lego’ viaduct appeared first on Construction Management.
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British Offsite to build 4,000 homes a year in new off-site factory
While other leading names are busy getting out of offsite manufacturing, British Offsite is about to move into a new £45m factory to manufacture up to 4,000 new homes a year.
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M-AR will host another offsite manufacturing open day
M-AR is opening the doors to the head office and offsite manufacturing facility in Hull for an open day on Wednesday 21 June. Attendees will get to see how M-AR operates and share ideas with each other. The post M-AR will host another offsite manufacturing open day appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.
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Cracking the code: What’s next for digital in offsite manufacturing?
Modern Methods of Construction and offsite are far from new, with firms across the globe recognising and embracing its many benefits. Lorraine McMorrow, head of digital at McAvoy, explores what’s next for digital in offsite manufacturing. The post Cracking the code: What’s next for digital in offsite manufacturing? appeared first on Planning, BIM & Construction Today.
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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.
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Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong's presentation to the University of Hong Kong's Department of Real Estate & Construction explored his research looking how institutional theory can help us define new typologies leading to greater use of OSM for new build housing. The research helps us to understand how some countries have been more successful than others in driving greater use of OSM for new build housing and draws lessons for other countries looking to do so
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CCHPR - Tackling the housing crisis by transforming construction 31032021
Join CCHPR researchers Kwadwo and Rey as they talk you through how modern methods of construction have the potential to solve the UK's housing crisis
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CCHPR - UK Construction Industry: The Transformation Agenda 13052021
Digital technologies, offsite manufacturing and platforms for construction project delivery - how can they help the construction industry move towards a streamlined digital future? Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong gave a talk to IStructE on 13 05 2021
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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,
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