• What do we mean by the housing crisis?
• What do we mean by modular housing?
• Modular housing and affordable housing
• Modular housing and sustainability
• Scaling up delivery

• Transferring production to the factory and delivering greater quality control and more efficient use of materials and labour
• Maximising recycling opportunities and using energy efficient materials which enhance the rating of the product
• Teaming up with MMC providers to provide low energy, carbon efficient homes on a turnkey or supply only basis
• Providing a better build environment for existing residents by reducing time and disruption on site

• The policy landscape surrounding the application of MMC and the delivery of better outcomes
• Insight into MMC approaches and key benefits
• Adopting a value-led approach to set the strategic direction for MMC
• In practice examples from across social infrastructure demonstrate how a strategic approach to MMC can help to realise key outcomes.

• Global modern methods of construction and modular construction - the UK market
• Standardisation in prefab construction
• Flexible and adaptable modular building connections
• Track & trace of prefabricated structural components (members, systems)

• Buying and leasing offsite solutions that are designed and manufactured to the customer’s particular specification
• Supporting sustainable industry, prompt payment, social value and carbon net zero initiatives
• Applying the principles of the construction playbook and using technology and MMC to promote innovation and efficiency
• Case study examples of projects including hospitals, council building and universities
• Enabling direct access to manufacturers and reducing the call off lead time

• Covering the purchase, hire or lease of modular design solutions for industries including healthcare, education, residential and catering
• Adding more capacity to the framework to keep pace to support the NHS and the wider public sector
• Supporting the delivery of the government’s construction and industry strategy targets by achieving efficiency gains from modular and offsite manufactured solutions
• Providing a fully UK compliant route for NHS and public sector organisations to procure all types of modular building solutions

• Why consider bathroom pods for public sector housing schemes?
• Specification considerations for architects, contractors and housing providers
• What are the environmental benefits of this type of offsite manufacturing?
• Two case studies - How Havering Borough Council and Peabody Trust are using bathroom pod technology

• What are the current challenges and obstructions to delivering low carbon projects utilising MMC?
• Case Studies of research projects exploring ways to alleviate these challenges and key learnings:
  • Case Study 1 – The Construction Innovation Hub Platform Design project, creating an MMC ecosystem, economics then systems.
  • Case Study 2 – Circuit, The Circular Economy and the measurement of whole life carbon
• What are the potential wider Social Value benefits to solving these challenges?

*Programme subject to change