Richard & Suzanne presenting on Building for tomorrow event

Richard and Suzanne will be joining the 30th anniversary celebrations of NHBC’s Building for tomorrow event by sharing their Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) knowledge on the 24th of March.

Prefabricated homes have been long-heralded as the future of housebuilding; but if the arguments for homes to be manufactured like cars are so compelling, why is factory-built housing not more common? 

That’s the question we examine in Modern Methods of Construction: Building on Experience. The new, in-depth NHBC Foundation report about how MMC has evolved within the housebuilding industry. Author Suzanne Davenport will summarise the story from origins to applications, innovations and conclusion. The key message is that there is much to learn from the past. Let us replicate positive elements, understand why a concept did not work, and recognise the social and economic influences that fuel change.