A cross‑party group of MPs has warned that the Government risks repeating the mistakes of past housebuilding booms unless quality is placed on equal footing with quantity in its drive to deliver 1.5 million homes this Parliament. In its new report, Proud to call home, the All‑Party Parliamentary Group for…
Read moreThe Industrialised Construction Awards return this April, shining a spotlight on the organisations and teams who are redefining how the UK designs, procures, manufactures, and delivers the built environment. With ten categories spanning digital innovation, productisation, sustainability, workforce development, and leadership, the Awards recognise the full breadth of…
Read moreWe’re pleased to announce that we are officially an Industry Partner for the Industrialised Construction Conference & Awards 2026—a landmark event shaping the UK’s transition toward a truly industrialised, product‑driven construction model. Taking place on 21–22 April 2026 at RCP Events London, the conference will bring together leaders from across…
Read moreThe UK construction sector has invested heavily in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) over the past decade. Yet across the country, many MMC factories are operating well below capacity. The capability to deliver high-quality homes at scale already exists — but the pipeline of demand needed to sustain that production…
Read moreLast year BUILDOFFSITE launched a bold vision: to scale up Industrialised Construction (IC) across the built environment over the next five years. The message to Government was simple: industrialised construction must move from being the exception—to becoming the expectation. When the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Excellence in the…
Read moreAndrew Croft and Charlie Bayliss Last year saw the publication of two new and important guidance documents by CIRIA, in conjunction with Buildoffsite. The guides are aimed at stakeholders working on a range of projects using innovative ways of working in the UK construction and manufacturing sectors, namely: Using Performance…
Read moreOn 5 February 2026, an invited group met at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) in London to discuss a step change in how the built environment sector thinks about “modern construction”. In simple terms, the conversation focused on moving from Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)—a label often used…
Read moreArtificial intelligence is no longer a future concept for the construction sector. From generative design tools shaping early-stage planning, to AI-powered site monitoring and robotics, digital technologies are already influencing how projects are designed, managed and delivered. But while the technology is evolving rapidly, the systems around it — particularly…
Read moreBOPAS 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.…
Read moreDirk 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…
Read moreBUILDOFFSITE (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…
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