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IT’S OFFICIAL: TIMBER FRAME IS AN ACCEPTABLE AND SUCCESSFUL MODERN METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
Housing Corporation, English Partnerships and Council of Mortgage Lenders chiefs confirm that open panel timber frame meets their criteria for modern methods of construction (MMC)
Housing Corporation and English Partnerships have confirmed that all forms of timber frame construction qualify as MMC, including ‘traditional’ open panel timber frame systems.
Speaking at the recent Offsite2005 conference, Clive Clowes of the Housing Corporation explained that its definition of MMC encompasses open and closed panel timber frame systems, as well as the newer volumetric, hybrid and SIP timber frame systems. He pointed delegates towards the ‘Partnering Programme Approach’ section of the Corporation’s Capital Funding Guide 2005 which contains this definition.
Trevor Beattie, director of corporate strategy at English Partnerships (EP), confirmed that EP uses the Housing Corporation’s definition of MMC because “it’s completely right – there is no better description.”
Timber frame construction also received approval from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). “From lenders’ perspective, timber frame is a real success story in terms of MMC,” said Andrew Heywood, CML’s senior policy adviser.
The statements will give reassurance to many house builders and developers who have become confused over what constitutes MMC.
Bryan Woodley, chief executive of the UK Timber Frame Association, says: “Timber frame is the original MMC. It’s as mainstream and low risk as you can get if you’re a developer interested in embracing off-site construction, but it embodies all the benefits.
“Today’s quality assured timber frame industry is dramatically different from that of 20 years ago, but the building method can draw on a long history and huge amounts of experience that prove the product’s credentials and technical performance in the UK. In addition, the UK timber frame industry is increasingly working with leading developers and designers to create an integrated package of innovations and new efficiencies – from pre-design, through off-site manufacturing and on-site erection – and we are creating better, higher quality homes where people want to live.”
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