Industrialised Construction and MMC

Akerlof is the UK's leading consultancy in Industrialised Construction (IC) and modern methods of construction (MMC).

We help clients develop industrialised approaches at the portfolio level and support effective MMC adoption on individual projects, to deliver improved outcomes. This dual capability is core to what we do.

Our Industrialised Construction & MMC services

Developing strategy and policy to embed industrialisation across portfolios and programmes:

  • Policy and strategy design
  • Industrialisation strategy and demand analysis
  • Commonality assessment in defining platform-based approaches
  • Roadmap development to enable and embed industrialisation and MMC adoption
  • Industrialisation and MMC maturity assessment

Supporting effective MMC adoption on individual projects:

  • MMC strategy and technology selection
  • Early contractor input / proxy contractor services (RIBA Stages 0-3)
  • Procurement and commercial strategy development (including alliancing)
  • Pre-Manufactured Value (PMV) assessment and benchmarking

Translating industrialised approaches into delivery:

  • Buildability review and optimisation
  • Logistics planning (off-site, near-site and on-site)
  • Preconstruction and construction programming
  • Supply chain integration

Supporting manufacturers, investors and clients:

  • End to end product and process optimisation (including factory evaluation)
  • Product benchmarking (including cost, carbon and productivity)
  • Technical due diligence

Pioneering research and innovation focused on:

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

We are unique in our experience of both shaping policy and delivering major projects and programmes.
Our team has directly delivered some of the UK’s largest capital redevelopment programmes in both the public and private sector. We have applied this experience in shaping best practice and policy – as co-authors of the Product Platform Rulebook and contributors to the Transforming Infrastructure Performance Roadmap – developing strategies for government departments, leading Tier 1 contractors and manufacturers across the supply chain.


Most consultancies talk about delivery. We’ve lived it.

Discover more of our work 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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Achieving Net Zero through MMC in West Yorkshire

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Jamie Hillier

Partner
Contact
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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.