BOPAS and Xpanel Building Technologies: A Case Study in Confidence The UK has made its housing and climate ambitions clear. Government targets 1.5 million homes over the current Parliament—around 300,000 per year—and a legally binding commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Achieving both will require new ways of…
Read moreReds10 opened their Driffield doors for a BOPAS Forum that blended accreditation, knowledge-sharing and live factory experience in one visit. With support from BOPAS, BUILDOFFSITE and LRQA, the event gave attendees the chance to see industrialised construction in context rather than on screen – and, for us at BUILDOFFSITE, it…
Read moreFormed in 2017 and serving the offsite industry, Apply Structure Ltd is the result of the shared passion of its founders, Anthony Pearce, David Barber, and Stuart King. They each drew upon more than 15 years’ experience of designing, engineering, and manufacturing offsite buildings and understood the opportunities, pitfalls, and…
Read moreBUILDOFFSITE is pleased to announce that Dirk Vennix, Chief Executive, will chair a panel session on Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and net zero carbon at Elemental London on 20 November 2025. The session will explore how MMC can help the construction industry deliver more sustainable building solutions and accelerate…
Read moreOne of the key ambitions in our five-year BUILDOFFSITE Manifesto is to embed sustainability and drive net zero carbon through Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). Financial incentives for carbon reduction tailored to offsite methods are critical to improving carbon value—particularly for organisations working towards PAS 2080, PAS 8700, and BOPAS…
Read moreBUILDOFFSITE has been highly active in recent months, promoting the policy priorities set out in our Manifesto for Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). We continue to hold constructive discussions with civil servants on how the MMC sector can help government stimulate demand and create much-needed project pipelines. Recently, I was…
Read moreMMC isn’t a silver bullet—or a scapegoat. It’s a vital part of a smarter, hybrid construction ecosystem where offsite and onsite methods work together to deliver better outcomes, faster. The moment we’re in Headlines about company failures can make MMC sound risky or faddish. In truth, they expose system problems—procurement,…
Read moreBoutique Modern Ltd.’s distress is a warning light about our system, not #MMC. We have BOPAS for product/process assurance; what’s missing is pipeline assurance from Government: multi-year, volume-backed call-offs, continuity clauses (escrow, bonds, step-in), and MMC-savvy approvals that recognise repeatable systems. Right now, the same MMC kit can be re-argued…
Read moreAt this year’s Offsite Expo, the spotlight was on one of construction’s biggest puzzles: how to retrofit millions of UK homes quickly, affordably, and at scale. The 2025 BUILDOFFSITE Innovation Hub Challenge invited industry innovators to pitch bold solutions. The winner? Ultrapanel Building Technologies, with a system that promises to…
Read moreVision In May we launched a bold, agenda-setting vision: to scale up Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) across the built environment over the next five years. Our message to Government is simple: Offsite must move from being the exception—to becoming the expectation. Our brand new manifesto outlines six policy priorities.…
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