Innovate and collaborate to win £12.5m worth of R&D funding

Innovate and collaborate to win £12.5m worth of R&D funding

Calling on all members and potential members of Buildoffsite! This is an exciting time to gain funding for R&D projects in the UK construction sector: UK organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to increase productivity, performance and quality in…

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The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer – Buildoffsite Members On BBC

We never thought we would be saying this, but you must watch The Five Billion Pound Super Sewer!… Catch up on the BBC iPlayer here Buildoffsite members Laing O’Rourke and Mott MacDonald, amongst others, are seen here working on the biggest upgrade to the sewage system for more than 150…

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HS2 Improves its Supply Chain Communications

HS2 Ltd introduces its first quarterly Supply Chain Bulletin, designed to give you information and updates on HS2 and supply chain opportunities. Sign up here. They now also have a dedicated web page for their Meet the Contractor Events as well as a dedicated email address for supply chain queries. “Welcome…

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‘Height of Design’. Medium and High-Rise in Offsite Construction.

As we hear of ‘Cheesegrater 2, a 56-storey skyscraper in London, being given the green light by planners, what better time than now to share some of the key messages from our recent Residential Hub event at Liverpool’s John Moores University on medium and high rise buildings. The meeting focused on…

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Buildoffsite Member CADCOE Sees Boom in Female Apprentices

What heartening news! With International Women in Engineering Day just a few weeks ago, a national training provider is celebrating increased growth in the recruitment of female engineers to the industry. The Construction and Design Centre of Excellence (CADCOE), is a specialist training provider in recruiting digital engineering apprentices to…

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The Polypipe InfraGreen Conference

With the increase in urbanisation, the Urban Heat Island effect and the negative impact climate change has on our cities, it’s good to know there are positive solutions to meet the challenges head-on. SPEAKERS 16 industry experts   DATE June 28 2018   LOCATION ICE
 Institution of Civil Engineers  …

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Do you have an innovative new manufacturing process for construction and delivery of housing?

New London Architecture is inviting submissions of live housing projects, products, and prototypes employing innovative or new manufacturing processes in their construction and delivery. http://www.newlondonarchitecture.org/whats-on/insight-studies2/insight-studies/insight-study-pages/housing/factory-made-housing--call-for-entries NLA are investigating how far modern methods of construction can support in improving the delivery, viability and quality of London’s housing. This call for entries asks for…

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Launch of the DfMA Guide: Bridges and Viaducts.

This guide illustrates the benefits of combining Design for Manufacture and Offsite Construction in the context of long-term, large-scale bridge and viaduct projects. It explores how these innovative approaches work together to provide benefits at every stage throughout the infrastructure’s lifetime, in terms of cost, time and fit, which benefit every stakeholder, from funder to the construction team,…

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Buildoffsite are looking for a Business Manager to lead an established team

Buildoffsite Business Manager Role Responsible for a growing portfolio of 95 members across the construction sector, current turnover £500k/year. Leadership of the Buildoffsite Delivery Team (two staff and a range of external advisers and consultants). Jointly with the Director lead the operational and financial planning and delivery of the Buildoffsite…

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BRE in association with Buildoffsite Offsite Workshop

View Mark Farmer’s keynote and speakers presentations Modern methods of construction was the topic of discussion at BRE’s workshop – Raising the Bar for Offsite Construction – held on the 26th April 2018. Nick Whitehouse, from Buildoffsite, welcomed a packed lecture theatre and industry experts from across the supply chain. With modular…

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Digitizing for modular manufacture: Tekla Webinar

As clients and contractors increasingly turn to modular manufacturers to help improve quality and speed of construction on site, modular manufacturers in turn are in a constant search for improved process and manufacturing efficiencies. Tekla will run a Webinar on: The benefits of moving from 2D to 3D - single…

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Opportunities to impact legislation and governance

"The construction industry is vital to solving some of the pressing problems facing the UK, such as a lack of affordable housing and replacing ageing infrastructure. Whilst off-site manufacturing is not a new idea, the level of technology now available means it is much more viable as a modern method…

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Bryden Wood awarded Queen’s Award for Enterprise

We are thrilled to announce that Buildoffsite member Bryden Wood has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the category of ‘Innovation’. The award recognises two key innovations: - Using new data driven tools and techniques to maximise the impact of any investment (a process we call ‘Chip Thinking®’)…

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