Mark Farmer CEO of Cast Consultancy and author of the influential ‘Modernise or Die’ report, visited our #offsite factory in Norwich yesterday.

#MMC

The engineering construction & construction industries are both vital sectors of the economy that need a fit for purpose workforce. Please engage with Department for Education Industry Training Board Review Call for Evidence linked below to inform recommendations gov.uk/government/pub…

Well done Weston Homes and British Offsite. A great advert for multi-category MMC and a developer led approach. Beware of the use of the term ‘modular’ here in the headline though

Want to hear about unlocking the approach to delivering offsite homes at scale? Head to the Future of Living theatre at 11:15. Hear from Helen Spencer Great Places Housing Group, Jeff Endean Cast Consultancy,Mark Dunford Together Housing and Mike Ormesher Offsite Alliance

#Housing2023

Learn about how devolution can help deliver 300,000 new homes in the current planning system at 10:15 in the Future of Living theatre. Mary Parsons Lovell, Becca Heron Manchester City Council, Colette McCormack Winckworth Sherwood and Mark Farmer Cast Consultancy

#Housing2023

Barnstorming performance from Depeche Mode at Twickenham Stadium tonight. One of the best sets I’ve seen in 40+ years of watching them live

Important opportunity Steve Barclay to modernise design, procurement & construction of government assets via #MMC It can also help change the skills mix for construction, merging trade skills with high productivity manufacturing & assembly skills Robert Halfon MP ➡️Working Hard for Harlow⬅️ Gillian Keegan MP

Important evolution of the mainstream home building market

Was a pleasure to address the great and the good of New South Wales’ construction industry in Sydney last night at the launch of new #MMC integration platform ark.build Met up with NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler OAM for first time in over 4 years

Great to be back in Sydney again after over 4 years. Hopefully a chance to help drive some much needed Australian construction industry reform and modernisation

#ModerniseorDie granddesigns #NewZealand #modular Jane Henley #ConstructionSectorAccord MBIE stuff.co.nz/life-style/hom…

Thanks for your time earlier Minister. I look forward to continuing to support you Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Homes England driving responsible innovation across the homebuilding sector including developing the data, quality standards, skills & business models required for a sustainable #MMC market

It was great to meet with Mark Farmer, Government's Modern Methods of Construction champion. Lots of potential to support innovation in Housebuilding, embracing new technologies can help deliver quality new-build homes faster and more efficiently. This is the future!

Here’s an extended version of my discussion with Kevin McCloud about modular homes filmed as part of the latest series of granddesigns

👇👇👇 My view on the size of the future capable and competent workforce is that we will struggle to match last year’s 230k net housing output again as building safety, future homes and retrofit kick in. The industry is still spinning its gears in yesterday’s delivery techniques