Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)

Modern methods of construction are contemporary innovations that include new technologies (such as digital tools and techniques), offsite manufacture and the use of efficient processes to deliver better outcomes.

They are not a silver bullet but, when applied appropriately, can lead to improved outcomes at a project, industry and even societal level. Our expertise enables us to help you navigate the associated complexities and challenges, to leverage MMC and broader themes of industrialised construction to its fullest potential.

Our MMC services

  • Policy and strategy design
  • Roadmap development to enable and embed MMC adoption and industrialisation
  • MMC maturity assessment

Pioneering research and innovation focused on:

  • Industrialisation and platform-based approaches
  • Bespoke market insight
  • Decarbonisation and social value enhancement
  • Technology and sustainable product development (including TRL maturity enhancement)

Supporting project and portfolio industrialisation to deliver faster, green, better including:

  • Industrialisation and platform based strategy
  • Early contractor input (during RIBA Stages 0-3)
  • Procurement and contractual strategy development (including alliancing)
  • Buildability and logistics planning (including on-site, near site and off-site planning)
  • Pre-Manufactured Value (PMV) assessment and benchmarking
  • End to end product and process optimisation (including factory evaluation)
  • Product benchmarking (including cost, carbon and productivity)
  • Technical due diligence

Having shaped key government policy (such as the Transforming Infrastructure Performance Roadmap to 2030) and as co-author of Product Platform Rulebook, we are uniquely positioned to bridge strategic insight and practical application, ensuring reduced risk and optimised outcomes in delivery.

Discover more of our MMC projects below.

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DLUHC MMC standardisation research and kit of parts
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MMC Strategy for the Ministry of Justice
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New MMC strategy unlocks opportunities for IHP
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A winning partnership: Bouygues tender secures £300m Oriel hospital project
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Platform Design Programme
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Better outcomes through MMC at Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital
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MMC Insights for Enterprise Ireland

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What’s with this Lemon?

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Jamie Hillier

Partner
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jamie.hillier@akerlof.co.uk
07791 718 377

With a penchant for tweed and jackets with leather arm patches, Jamie began his career as a quantity surveyor, before climbing the ladder to lead major projects for a Tier 1 contractor.

Eventually expanding his book collection beyond copies of SMM7, Jamie has interest in a broad range of subjects linked to delivering better outcomes for society and the environment.

His strategic insights on MMC and behavioural science have made their way into numerous government, industry and academic publications, including the Construction Playbook, Transforming Infrastructure Performance Roadmap to 2030, the Platform Rulebook and the RIBA DfMA Overlay.

John Handscomb

Partner
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john.handscomb@akerlof.co.uk
07305 486 581

Construction is in John’s blood. Learning from his father who was a planner and project manager, John began his career by working on some iconic projects in both the public and private sector.

As a procurement expert and integrator of new ways of working, John has pioneered the integration of platform principles, DfMA processes and supply chain within over £5bn projects in the last 15 years, for some of the largest building programmes in the UK. Despite his considerable expertise, John keeps it simple, communicating complicated ideas with ease and helping to equip the industry with new knowledge and skills.

Outside of Akerlof, John enjoys his executive role with technology start-up ScanTech Digital, spending time with his family, taking trips down the football, playing a bit of golf with friends and the odd pint. 

Our name is shared with George Akerlof, a Nobel Prize-winning economist.

His seminal paper, Market for Lemons, demonstrated the devastating consequences of making decisions under the conditions of quality uncertainty and unequal information between buyers and sellers, increasing the chance of buyers ending up with a ‘lemon’.

This 50-year-old concept continues to retain parallels within the construction industry.

Through our insight and experience, we can rebalance this information asymmetry on behalf of our clients, levelling the playing field to deliver better outcomes.