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<strong>MMC</strong><br />
Sep/Oct 2016<br />
issue <strong>M1</strong><br />
Here at <strong>MMC</strong> it’s been an exciting<br />
time – a change of ownership sees<br />
the title move from Waverley<br />
Communications to BuildInsite<br />
Ltd, headed up by Kevin<br />
Edgeworth and long-time <strong>MMC</strong><br />
publication manager Paul<br />
Barstow. Published quarterly, we’ll<br />
be covering all aspects of <strong>MMC</strong><br />
and off-site construction, and<br />
introducing new features that will<br />
include our readers in our content.<br />
Why not get in touch and tell us<br />
what you’re working on?<br />
And it’s a great time for a redesign<br />
and re-launch, with UK<br />
Construction Week just around the<br />
corner. The nine shows that make<br />
up this event will attract between<br />
them virtually everyone who works<br />
in the construction industry and its<br />
supporting sectors.<br />
And we’ve a packed issue to kick<br />
off our new look! Buildoffsite.com<br />
is a membership organisation that<br />
acts as the voice of the UK offsite<br />
construction industry, and they<br />
offer an overview of their activities<br />
on behalf of the sector.<br />
We look at the use of timber,<br />
where CLT flexes its muscles in a<br />
multi-storey project, and the oakframing<br />
of a single residence; truly<br />
showing the versatility of this<br />
amazing – and sustainable -<br />
material.<br />
<strong>MMC</strong>’s off-site construction and<br />
on-site speed of assembly is ideal<br />
in the education sector. The<br />
McAvoy Group show us around a<br />
school project in Salisbury, a great<br />
example of off-site construction<br />
working with on-site rapid-build.<br />
Why don’t you tell us about your<br />
projects, we’d love to hear from<br />
you.<br />
Regards,<br />
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Front cover advert<br />
Right to buy abolishment & Offsite are key to affordable<br />
housing targets!<br />
Right to buy, which allows tenants in social housing to buy their homes, ended<br />
on the 1st of August 2016. The Scottish Government documented that by ending<br />
the Right to Buy up to 15,500 social homes are protected from sale over the next<br />
ten years, safeguarding this stock for future generations.<br />
Off-site solution makes the grade<br />
Sixth form pupils in Salisbury now have a brand new building to continue their<br />
learning, offering free further education for 400 pupils aged 16 to 19, in a great<br />
example of off-site construction working with on-site rapid-build.<br />
Student A<strong>cc</strong>ommodation that gives Investors a Win-Win<br />
Solution<br />
The removal of the cap on student numbers in UK universities has seen a 3%<br />
rise in university enrolment across the country. This has meant a shortage of<br />
a<strong>cc</strong>ommodation with some students having to share bunk bed rooms in halls.<br />
Whilst others have been given reduced rate hotels with two weeks to find<br />
alternative a<strong>cc</strong>ommodation.<br />
Offsite Construction Show now Bigger<br />
The Offsite Construction Show, 12th – 13th October at Excel, London, has sold<br />
out once again despite making more stands available.<br />
Wernick Buildings Provide Low Carbon Building for High<br />
Carbon Experiment<br />
In 2014 the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) secured funding to<br />
undertake an experiment concerning one of the big issues of our time: climate<br />
change. The FACE (Free-Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment)experiment, which<br />
aims to measure the effects of increased CO2 levels in the atmosphere on<br />
mature woodlands.<br />
SHAPING SMART SPACES<br />
Juliet.<br />
Features Editor:<br />
Juliet Davies<br />
Advertising:<br />
Paul Barstow<br />
paul@buildinsite.co.uk<br />
Press Releases:<br />
press@buildinsite.co.uk<br />
Production: Di Smith<br />
di@buildinsite.co.uk<br />
Design: Ellie Rich<br />
design@buildinsite.co.uk<br />
Circulation:<br />
circulation@buildinsite.co.uk<br />
Enquiries 0121 661 9484<br />
State-of-the-art modular and offsite construction<br />
By July 2016, all construction companies tendering for<br />
government projects must be Building Information Modelling<br />
(BIM) compliant. Jim Gowan, design manager at Actavo |<br />
Building Solutions, explains what BIM is and how offsite<br />
construction is leading the way.<br />
For more information see page 22<br />
Specifiers can subscribe free of charge to this magazine, please visit<br />
www.buildingspecifier.com/subscriptions<br />
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without prior permission of the publisher. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the a<strong>cc</strong>uracy of editorial content, the editor and publishers<br />
do not a<strong>cc</strong>ept responsibility for errors or loss and damage caused by any statements,<br />
claims or observations made by contributors, authors and their agents.<br />
Waverley Communications Limited. Reg. No. 4805329<br />
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