Buildoffsite publications

Your guide to specifying Modular Buildings: maximising value and minimising risk

Buildoffsite and BAA recognised a need for guidance to help client and specifier organisations to get best value from modular building suppliers. Generally, it has been observed that tender packages are sent out with too restrictive design information and too late in the design process. This inhibits the modular suppliers from fully exploiting their skills and expertise to deliver efficient economic solutions to meet clients and specifiers needs.

These guidelines aim to address this problem by advising when in the design process to involve modular manufacturers and to what level of design projects should be taken before tenders or requests for information are issued.

The guidelines are the result of two workshops and a series of follow up meetings which have been held at CIRIA using the Buildoffsite membership. This has provided knowledge and expertise to advise on the level of information that is required and when involvement can most effectively be used in the project process.

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A guide to modern methods of construction

This guide is a concise reference tool that combines the experiences of architects, main contractors, engineers, warranty providers, manufacturers, and BRE who have applied modern
methods of construction (MMC) successfully throughout the construction process.

It provides guidance throughout all stages of a project from the development of the outline brief through to delivery on-site.

Although the advice in this guide is not the only way to achieve a successful project,
you will find valuable guidance here on most situations and commonly encountered problems.

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Buildoffsite Yearbook

The buildoffsite yearbook contains a statement from Chairman Richard Ogden, a summary of recent achievements and a preview of the challenges facing the offsite industry and buildoffsite in the coming years.

This publication highlights products and services available to buildoffsite members and non-members, is packed with offsite industry case studies and other information and contains a buildoffsite members directory.

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Offsite Construction Industry Survey 2006

This report has been prepared showing, possibly for the first time, the size and diversity of the offsite sector. The report categorises the offsite sector into different technology and system typologies, and identifies the estimated UK turnover for each of these categories and estimates for growth.

The report also seeks to provide a better understanding of the shape and complexity of this ‘new’ industry, with a detailed directory of all of the known offsite manufacturers and importers into the UK.

Buildoffsite members have been issued with a complementary copy of the Offsite Construction Industry Survey 2006. Non-members can buy this report from www.ciriabooks.com.

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Buildoffsite Cameo Case Studies

 This is a library of good examples of offsite construction across a range of market sectors. The first text page tells you how to navigate through the document. It is very easy to use as you can search by any word or phrase; simply scroll down; or use the two bookmarks which collect the cameos together under the headings Market Sector and Application.

If you want to create your own Cameo Case Study to be considered for the cameo library then click here to download the buildoffsite cameo template and email the completed form to anna.whiting@buildoffsite.com and it will be considered for the cameo library.

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Offsite Modern Methods of Construction in Housebuilding

The increasing demand for housing, coupled with wide concerns over the need to improve performance, has created a powerful case for use of offsite technologies. However, to date, the industry has been slow to innovate and adopt offsite technologies, which has inhibited achieving a step improvement in productivity and quality of housing supply.

This study forms part of a three-year research project on the applications of innovative building technologies in housing construction. It reports the findings of a survey of the top 100 housebuilding firms regarding the use of Offsite Modern Methods of Construction
(Offsite-MMC).

The respondent firms together contribute more than 30% to the total housing unit completions in the industry. This brief summary report outlines the key findings and recommendations of the research to date.

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Offsite toolkit

This Toolkit provides guidance on the concept and how to realise the benefits of off-site production through appropriate application. It helps project teams understand the need for early involvement of all members of the project team and early design decisions, and develop a strategy to optimise and measure the benefits in relation to key project drivers and constraints. This new version of the Project Toolkit has been revised to provide improved functionality. It also includes 150 examples to provide a starting point for those new to off-site production for construction.

This toolkit is currently available on a 30 day free trial basis

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Buildoffsite Glossary of Terms

The buildoffsite Glossary has been produced as an early output to help promote better understanding of the techniques and terminology used in the offsite construction industry.

It describes commonly used terms for various offsite operations to aid understanding of those who wish to use offsite applications. These have been listed in alphabetical order along with a brief description. Where a number of terms relate to a generic item they have been grouped together (eg pods). Some terms relate to offsite as a whole and some to particular applications with different materials, technologies or market sectors.

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