A learning partnership formed to leverage MMC to unlock an uptick in the supply of new social and affordable homes, powered by Housing Festival.

Joined September 2018
Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
We're delighted to launch our collaborative 'Social Rent Housing at Pace: The MMC Playbook' on May 9th at #UKConstructionWeek! The Playbook is a strategic tool for local authorities facing the human and economic cost of the housing crisis. Find out more: housingfestival.org.uk/playb…
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
We’re proud to be an approved supplier on @PfH_News and @BuildingBetterX's #MMC #DPS for panelised systems with a turnkey solution (Lot 1), providing buyers with a fully compliant route to market for offsite built homes. Find out more: ow.ly/pesA50RI5ar
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
A #procurement organisation established to boost the use of modern methods of construction in social housing is on the hunt for dozens of local, traditional-build contractors. housingdigital.co.uk/buildin… #ukhousing @PfH_News
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Replying to @BuildingBetterX
This is really the most important innovation around at this time. I’m delighted to have been invited ‘down under’ to present on how @MagnaHousing in the uk has used this approach to create beautiful homes in the UK. #MMC Collaboration #MagnaBuilds
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
We recently visited @TopHatIO's factory to see some of our new homes in production. We’re constantly looking to innovate and utilising #MMC offers us the chance to build sustainably by reducing waste in a controlled environment to create state-of-the-art homes. #sustainability
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Explore Offsite@ExploreOffsite27 Sep 2023
📣 Trina Chakravarti, Director at @BuildingBetterX, took some valuable time out to speak to us about the organisation’s role and why MMC is integral to the improvement of the social housing sector. 📰Read the full interview here: ow.ly/He6c50PKZI0 #Offsite #MMC #Housing
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Footage of a new 650,000 sq ft @TopHatIO modular housebuilding factory in Corby has been released bit.ly/434hvCX
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
"Research by the NHF found that #SocialHousing residents would save an average of £567 if their homes were brought up to EPC C – reducing bills by 42%. These sorts of figures alone justify action." @Gibbo4Darlo on why insulating the UK's ageing housing should be made a priority
From @Gibbo4Darlo - Insulating Britain's ageing housing is an urgent mission - and a chance to put levelling up into action buff.ly/47p3dQx
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Modular doesn’t look as good as traditional construction? Well, at @TopHatIO we’d like to disagree!
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Andrew Yuill has been tasked with adopting MMC to help @_FlagshipGroup build 5,000 homes over the next five years. Here he explains why he travelled across Europe and Asia to look at manufacturing processes and what he found out #ukhousing #modular housingtoday.co.uk/comment/l…
Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
I was very pleased to write this item for The @NewStatesman focussing on the green benefits of modular construction. See how we're using modular & working with @BuildingBetterX to help reach our aim of all our homes having an EPC rating of at least 'C' newstatesman.com/spotlight/e…
Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Jez Sweetland of @Bristol_HF eloquent and on the money as ever . need structural change in housing delivery for bigger numbers of social homes - combination of MMC and longer term social value approach to viability assessment @BuildingBetterX #BigTentBristol22
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
If you missed our lunchtime talk: 'Taking on complex sites: planning and building regulations for MMC', you can now watch it at your convenience on YouTube. tinyurl.com/3dpb56n3 #modular #MMC #construction @building_growth @MidGroupLtd @BuildingBetterX @elemonster
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Do you think #MMC is key to making the 300k homes a year target a reality? In our #podcast @TrinaChakr - @BuildingBetterX joins @StephenWLodge to discuss why MMC is so important, why collaboration is key & how we can overcome existing barriers 🏗️ Listen: spoti.fi/3kbKzWf
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Do you think #MMC is key to making the 300k homes a year target a reality? In our #podcast @TrinaChakr - @BuildingBetterX joins @StephenWLodge to discuss why MMC is so important, why collaboration is key & how we can overcome existing barriers 🏗️ Listen: spoti.fi/3kbKzWf
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Insightful piece here by Rob Peck from @PfH_News - Is procurement a barrier to modern construction? cips.org/supply-management/o… via @supplymgmt @BuildingBetterX #ukhousing #ukconstruction #offsite #MMC
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
.@TrinaChakr, @BuildingBetterX: "MMC is a means to an end... that is better design, better quality and homes that our residents love living in" #HQNBuild21
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Very proud of the team for this document. A compelling vision, right in line with govt thinking and the right thing to do. Scale, quality, safety, happy tenants - we can have it all if we get out of our silos.
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Building Better: Community of Practice (BB:CoP) retweeted
Important milestone in @BuildingBetterX evolution with publication of new vision document. Plays directly to themes of collaboration and aggregation which are at heart of #HomesJobsInnovation report I have just published with @MDAtweetspace housing.org.uk/globalassets/…