MMC terms
5S
active building
Advanced Building Material (ABM)
Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
alternative method tender
Arm’s-Length Body (ALB)
Association for Project Management (APM)
Augmented Reality (AR)
automation, onsite
Bill of Materials (BOM)
Building Energy Modelling (BEM)
Building Information Modelling (BIM)
Building Research Establishment Environment Assessment Methodology (BREEAM)
Buildoffsite
carbon nano-tube (CNT)
carbon zero
Common Data Environment (CDE)
configuration
configuration management
Construction Industry Training Board (CITB)
Construction Leadership Council (CLC)
delivery phase
design development stage
Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis (DFMEA)
Design for Manufacture (DfM)
Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA)
deskill
Factory Engineered Concrete (FEC)
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
future skills needs
Globally Unique Identifier (GUID)
hybrid
industry (construction)
information management framework
Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA)
Internet of Things (IoT)
Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Life Cycle Cost (LCC)
Manufactured Nanotechnology Product (MNP)
Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL)
Micro/Nano Electromechanical System
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) definition framework
non-volumetric unit
Offsite Manufacturing (OSM)
onsite
panellised
Permission in Principle (PiP)
Porter’s Value Chain
Pre-Manufactured Value (PMV)
Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA)
productivity gap
Quality Functional Deployment (QFD)
Quality Management System (QMS)
Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD)
Research and Development (R&D)
reskill
RIBA Plan of Work [17]
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
sequential tendering
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME)
Statistical Process Control (SPC)
Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
transforming construction challenge programme
Transforming Infrastructure Performance (TIP) [65]
Transport Infrastructure Efficiency Strategy (TIES) [66]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
upskill
Virtual Reality (VR)
wearable technology (or devices)
Whole-Life Cost (WLC)
Featured articles and news
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ECA digital series unveils road to net-zero.
Retrofit and Decarbonisation framework N9 launched
Aligned with LHCPG social value strategy and the Gold Standard.
Competence framework for sustainability
In the built environment launched by CIC and the Edge.
Institute of Roofing members welcomed into CIOB
IoR members transition to CIOB membership based on individual expertise and qualifications.
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Government responds to the final Grenfell Inquiry report
A with a brief summary with reactions to their response.
A brief description and background to this new February law.
Everything you need to know about building conservation and the historic environment.
NFCC publishes Industry White Paper on Remediation
Calling for a coordinated approach and cross-departmental Construction Skills Strategy to manage workforce development.
'who blames whom and for what, and there are three reasons for doing that: legal , cultural and moral"
How the Home Energy Model will be different from SAP
Comparing different building energy models.
Mapping approaches for standardisation.
UK Construction contract spending up at the start of 2025
New construction orders increase by 69 percent on December.
Preparing for the future: how specifiers can lead the way
As the construction industry prepares for the updated home and building efficiency standards.
Embodied Carbon in the Built Environment
A practical guide for built environment professionals.
Updating the minimum energy efficiency standards
Background and key points to the current consultation.
Heritage building skills and live-site training.