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Growing prospects for MMC

The prospects for greater use of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to speed up building and reduce costs by using products built off-site are stronger than recent events suggest, according to Glenigan.

A modular housing joint venture set up by Urban Splash collapsed owing its supply chain £12 million, while housebuilder Countryside is closing one of its three MMC factories after a review forecast excess capacity expected to produce a £10 million loss.

However, a wider level of adoption for MMC is growing. Another housebuilder, Hill Group, has purchased Fusion Steel Framing, which operates an 80,000 sq ft plant manufacturing structural light steel framing technology. Hill is also setting up its own bespoke modular housing factory after buying a 50% stake in an off-site producer, Volumetric Modular.

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