The McAvoy Group, one of the leading offsite construction specialists in the UK and Ireland, has appointed its first Chief Executive and a new Managing Director, further strengthening its management team. Eugene Lynch has taken up the position of Chief Executive, having held the role of Managing Director at McAvoy…
M-AR Off-Site is the latest addition to Buildoffsite's membership base. With more than 60 years combined experience designing & manufacturing bespoke high quality Off-Site Modular building solutions, M-AR Off-Site Limited are experts in delivering aesthetically pleasing projects on time & on budget. They deliver expert solutions within a variety of…
Buildoffsite is proud to announce the latest additions to its growing membership base. WSP & CBC become Buildoffsite's newest members. WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We are dedicated to our local communities and propelled by international brainpower. We are technical experts and strategic…
The McAvoy Group, one of the UK’s leading offsite construction specialists, has appointed David Clark as Manufacturing Director. David joined McAvoy in 2012 and now takes overall responsibility for offsite manufacturing across the Group. In his new role he will manage the expansion of production capacity to meet the business’s…
Lucideon, the construction testing organisation, is hosting a free-to-attend webinar, ‘Transportability Assessments of Modular and Volumetric Buildings’ on Tuesday 14 May 2019 at 15:00 UK time (10:00 EDT). During the design stage of offsite modules and panels, the transportation, storage, handling and installation processes must be considered as it may…
The Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) definition framework has been developed by a specialist sub-group of the MHCLG MMC cross industry working group. At the end of 2017, following a specific commitment made in the 2017 housing white paper Fixing our broken housing market, the UK government launched a cross industry…
Since June 2017 Buildoffsite have been working to promote the benefits of a Residential Hub to its members. The intention when the Hub began was to hand over chairing and running of the hub to members by March 2019. Buildoffsite are pleased to announce that we received 15 expressions of…
Construction testing and certification company Lucideon has forged a new partnership in Europe to enable UK construction product manufacturers to retain access to EU markets. Lucideon has joined forces with Czech Republic-based certification body TZUS to ensure companies can seamlessly achieve a wide-range of product certifications for the EU, whatever…
The McAvoy Group, one of the UK’s leading offsite specialists, has won a fourth award in recognition of its pioneering work in applying digital technology to offsite construction. The Group has been awarded BIM Contractor of the Year at the BIM Awards. These awards promote the digitisation of the…
Students invited to design home for the 21st century Winning design will become reality 02 April 2019 The newly-formed Construction Innovation Hub has teamed up with the Ministry of Building Innovation and Education (MOBIE) to challenge school students in the UK to design a home for the 21st Century. The winning…
Buildoffsite is proud to announce the latest additions to its membership base in its continuous journey of driving positive change and providing a high standard of service to its members and wider industry. Take a look at our newest members: Stride Treglown Stride Treglown is an employee-owned architectural practice of…
A new consortium has been launched to transform the way primary schools are designed and built. This is managed by construction consultants Blacc and is funded by Innovate UK, the public body established to drive productivity and economic growth through innovation. The other partners in the Seismic consortium are technology-led…
The Construction Innovation Hub (formerly the Transforming Construction Alliance) announces the creation of a powerful new Industry Board to ensure key industry decision makers and leaders help to shape its programme of work. The £72 million Construction Innovation Hub, funded by UK Research and Innovation through the Industrial Strategy Challenge…
After close to two years as Director of BuildOffsite, Tim Hall is stepping away from the role to focus on a wider strategic role supporting both BuildOffsite and its Members. Having initially joined in an interim capacity, Tim has made a significant contribution to furthering the offsite agenda, working with…
To that end, Berkeley Modular has announced that it is working with leading 3D design and engineering company Autodesk to deliver a platform of smart design capability, which will power its automated manufacturing and site-based operations. The company will utilise the data it harnesses from Autodesk's platform to inform and power an…
Modern Methods of Construction Inquiry Modern Methods of Construction utilises a range of approaches, such as off-site manufacturing and improvements to the supply-chain, and is intended to produce more, better quality homes in less time. Compared to more traditional forms of house building, MMC can improve predictability of work and…
Out of Thin Air – One Year On, follows WSP's original research considering the benefits of building over rail lines across London. Out of Thin Air Initial research suggested that if only 10% of the available rail land in London could be used to build structures of 12 storeys, there was the potential…
Volumetric modular building specialist Caledonian has secured two large school projects in quick succession with a total order value of £38m. Haygrove School and The Sir Frederick Gibberd College were secured by Caledonian under Department for Education (DfE) frameworks. Caledonian was selected for both projects because it offered a full…
In order to achieve the objectives of its Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) programme, Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (TIES), Construction Sector Deal and Industrial Strategy, the government is committed to using its investment in social and economic infrastructure and supporting the construction sector to: increase productivity; drive innovation; develop and train…
Highways England is seeking new ideas on how roads are designed, managed and used A pot of £20m is to be shared out among research projects that help develop ‘digital’ roads and/or improve air quality. Ideas could be related to connected vehicles and infrastructure, new design and construction ideas, or…