All offsite manufacturing articles
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NewsIlke 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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NewsIlke collapsed into administration with debts of £319m
Staggering debts of modular housebuilder include £68m to Homes England and £227m to equity investors
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In FocusBriefing: Modulous, the MMC provider without a factory
Client accounts director Chris Spiceley on the story behind the firm’s technology and sub-assembly approach to offsite
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NewsWeston boss distances himself from modular at offsite factory launch
Bob Weston says ‘no comparison’ between failed volumetric ventures like Ilke and his panelised system
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NewsIlke Homes goes into administration
‘All activities to cease’ as loss-making modular housebuilder fails to find a buyer
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NewsIlke Homes files notice of intention to appoint administrator
Action gives troubled modular housebuilder two week breathing space from creditors in which to sell company
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NewsTide gets go ahead for 462-home co-living project
Volumetric modular developer gets green light from Mayor to build 32-storey scheme
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CommentThe offsite sector must come together to develop a universal MMC standard
There is a risk government will lose faith in volumetric modular if the industry can’t present a unified solution to increase confidence, argues David Johnson
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NewsMan Group agrees deal with TopHat to build 226-home zero-carbon scheme
Scheme in Lewes expected to generate £50m in gross development value
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NewsSanctuary completes rescue takeover of Swan
Sanctuary completes rescue takeover of offsite developer Swan
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NewsVistry says giant modular plant will be retained to supply HA build pipelines
Brand new 3,500 homes-a-year Bardon factory had been put up for sale by Countryside prior to Vistry buyout
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NewsSwan to close its offsite factories
Troubled housing association will not keep modular facilities open even after rescue merger with Sanctuary completes
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NewsNorthern housing associations launch £2bn offsite framework
Four year, 10,000 homes per annum deal set to go live this December
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NewsTide wins full permission for 48-storey modular tower
Docklands student tower set to be one of world’s tallest volumetric buildings
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NewsJV North appoints 8 firms to MMC framework
North west housebuilding consortium will advertise MMC schemes on the Dynamic Purchasing System
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CommentWhy development rivalry among HAs could be limiting offsite construction
Too many housing associations are reluctant to share information with development ‘rivals’ but trust and co-operation is vital to make MMC widespread in affordable housing, writes Jake Snell
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NewsOffsite contractor Mid Group collapses
Administrators look to transfer contracts to other firms after latest collapse in offsite market
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NewsCountryside to shut brand new modular factory
Firm says it will ‘exit’ the business despite having invested £20m in setting it up
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NewsHill picks up collapsed offsite firm
Purchase of Fusion for less than £1m will allow Hill to supply up to 1,250 apartment units a year
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NewsPrivate-equity firm buys out South-East based partnerships housebuilder
Cabot Square Capital acquires a majority stake in Chartway Group