All MMC articles
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Berkeley’s modular building machinery put up for auction valued at £30m
Housebuilder is reportedly withdrawing from the volumetric business
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Solihull Council appoints Vistry to deliver MMC sustainable housing scheme
The development will be 100% affordable
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NHF-backed alliance appoints 22 construction firms to £800m framework
Building Better and Procurement for Housing’s four-year framework aims to boost the use of MMC in social housing
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Comment
How building with factory-precision can help the next government hit its housing targets
The parties’ election manifesto delivery pledges will remain unattainable using traditional building methods, writes Christy Hayes
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With support from the next government, HAs can build on their growing confidence in using MMC
Research by Building Better and the NHF suggests the sector is maturing and grappling with the practicalities of MMC delivery, writes Trina Chakravarti
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Rowley asks for more time to respond to MMC report as industry exits mount
Lords committee wants full response before end of May
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M&G announces further £30m investment in green MMC housebuilder
Move comes two years after investor bought majority stake in Greencore
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Social housing providers seek contractors for new £800m MMC framework
The NHF-backed alliance is looking to appoint dozens of construction firms in England and Wales
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Comment
We know we need volumetric modular – now we need a plan from government
A House of Lords committee said Whitehall’s plan for MMC is in ‘disarray’. Carl Leaver outlines what government should do to boost volumetric modular
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Former L&G modular housing boss Rosie Toogood takes up newly created role at Wates
Rosie Toogood starts at contractor next week
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Modulous enters liquidation after buyer deal fails to materialise
A last ditch deal to sell off the firm’s TESSA software failed according to an email sent to former employees today
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Government’s plans for MMC in ‘disarray’, says Lords committee
Homes England accused of lacking coherent strategy
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Modulous delays entering administration as CEO forms new business
A new company called Modulous Technologies Ltd was registered on the 9 January
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Homes England backs volumetric modular with £15m loan to TopHat
Funding body makes lending facility available despite volumetric market challenges as part of plan for a ‘diverse, efficient’ housebuilding sector
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More government support needed for industry to meet MMC housing targets, expert tells peers
Academic tells lords ‘very difficult for supply side to do this on their own’
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‘Zero chance’ of building 300,000 homes a year without modular, TopHat chair tells Lords
Hearing came after high-profile failures in MMC sector
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Urban Splash cuts a quarter of staff after modular collapse
Urban regeneration developer falls to a loss in results impacted by last year’s modular failure
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Ilke subsidiary to be liquidated due to lack of funds to pay creditors
Statement from collapsed modular firm’s administrator reveals 11th hour rescue bid almost saved company
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Ilke collapsed into administration with debts of £319m
Staggering debts of modular housebuilder include £68m to Homes England and £227m to equity investors