Insights from a roundtable discussion Construction News recently hosted a roundtable discussion during which an expert industry panel assessed to what extent modern methods of construction, or MMC, are equipped to help the UK - and by extension, Ireland and the rest...

“While some procurement systems will need to evolve post-Covid in order to allow project owners to take advantage of all of the core benefits that offsite construction has to offer, the MMC genie is well and truly out of the bottle…”  Demand for offsite...

It has become something of an unfunny joke to refer to the cold Ireland catches every time Britain sneezes, however, when it comes to the digital build movement and adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC), it is increasingly clear that Irish policy makers are...

European Report Critical of Ireland's Housing Standards It is no secret that Ireland is in the midst of a housing crisis. This is not a new realisation, arguably, there was no balanced recovery from the crash more than a decade ago. Also, many of the problems that...

News emerged from the UK over the past week about a £1.1 billion “procurement solution” being implemented to effectively unlock offsite housing. Constructing Modern Methods (CMM) and the South West Procurement Alliance (SWPA) has launched this solution to help tackle...

Learning from what goes right and what goes wrong Modern Methods of Construction, or MMC, comprises a whole range of offsite manufacturing and onsite technologies that are now providing credible alternatives to traditional house building processes. New digital...

Over the past year, even throughout the periods of construction shutdown, the Horizon Offsite team have been working on essential projects, including the rapid delivery of a number of healthcare facilities. For this reason, it was interesting to read about the impact...

While non-essential construction activities remain shutdown, the team at Horizon Offsite are currently working on a number of essential and time-critical healthcare projects, including the delivery of Thurles Ambulatory Care Unit for the HSE, under main contractor...

Less than 12 months ago, CIRIA, Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering & Technology and the University of Cambridge collaborated on an industry report entitled ‘Methodology for quantifying the benefits of offsite construction’. You can access this...

As non-essential construction sites across Ireland remain closed until March 5th (based on the most recent public health guidance), the team at Horizon Offsite have been consistently busy delivering a range of essential projects across Ireland, from designated social...