Formed 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…
BUILDOFFSITE 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…
One 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…
BUILDOFFSITE 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…
MMC 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,…
Boutique 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…
At 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…
Vision 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.…
Dirk Vennix (BUILDOFFSITE Executive Director) and Anthony Pearce (APPLY) presented at the Parliamentary Housing Inquiry yesterday. They stressed the need for industrialisation of the production in the housing sector and suggested Government could lead the way with presuming in favour of MMC adoption on publicly funded projects. Providing the offsite manufacturing…
BUILDOFFSITE (BOS) has been invited to present evidence to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Excellence in the Built Environment as part of its Parliamentary Inquiry into improving housing quality. The Inquiry supports the Government’s ambition to build 1.5 million quality homes during the current parliamentary term. Executive Director…