The Policy Drivers

The Egan Report 1998 ‘Rethinking Construction’

To promote greater construction industry efficiency in terms of better procurement, good value rather than just lowest cost, speed, better design and modern methods of construction (MMC)

The Sustainable Communities Plan, March 2003

To achieve a step change in the way housing is procured, in particular
to address the housing shortage and to deliver the growth area housing targets

Kate Barker’s Review of Housing Supply, February 2004

To instruct the housebuilding industry to address its weak record of innovation and remove barriers to the take-up of modern methods of construction (MMC) and off-site manufacturing

ODPM – John Prescott, September 2004

Called for a radical change in the way housing is delivered:
“I firmly believe that modern methods of construction have an important part to play in delivering this step change. It is important that we continue to build on this understanding, so that we are able to provide high quality, well-designed homes that people not only need, but increasingly demand, in the 21st Century”

To achieve a step change in the way housing is procured and in particular, to address the housing shortage and to deliver the growth area housing targets

Space4 addresses the risks and barriers of MMC

	Positive track record – thousands of homes built since 2001
	‘Conventional’ designation by lenders and insurers
	Established supply chain reliability
	Contends with the perception of costs – ‘the devil in the detail’
	Flexible variety for attractive urban designs
	Integrates easily with traditional site trades
	Certified product and process standards
	Allays the skills and training gap
	High volume capacity for build programme certainty

Space4 has a culture for long term partnership

	Supportive for the management of change
	Use of local labour in construction employment
	Collaborative customer design portfolio
	Common agenda for teamwork
	Commitment to mutual success