Building Information Modeling, or BIM, is very much part of the construction industry’s lexicon these days, with architects, engineers, and the construction industry using modelling software to design and manage the construction of buildings. However, a shortcoming of...

As referenced here previously, the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to promote prosperity and protect the planet include Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production, and...

As construction struggles to meet the demand for new homes, it’s time to incentivize modern construction methods (MMC). Or so argues Ian Atkinson, Partner at law firm Womble Bond Dickinson, writing in  ThePlanner . With the Rebuilding Ireland action plan to build...

Earlier this week, in the midst of negative housing stories across the media, the Irish Examiner ran an interesting article with an equally interesting headline ‘Sustainable homes for under €150k? It’s doable’. You can read the article in full here:...

“Manufacturing cannot exist without digital - it goes hand in hand.” Earlier this year, Construction News hosted a live webinar Transforming Construction Operations & Upskilling the Workforce, exploring how the industry can embrace a more digital, flexible and...

AIMCH, or Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes, is an industry-led research and development initiative put together by an innovation consortium of partners who are committed to transforming the delivery of new homes across the UK by tackling...

Role of Light Gauge Steel Buildings in Low Carbon Development  Last week we explored the role of offsite construction in helping Ireland to achieve net zero by 2050, following the publication of the  revised Climate Action and Low Carbon Development...

Last month saw the publication of the revised Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021. This Bill establishes the legally binding framework that will see Ireland become a climate resilient, biodiversity-rich, environmentally sustainable and...

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...