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Read more at: Insights into the use of modular housing in addressing homelessness: Report

Insights into the use of modular housing in addressing homelessness: Report

Modular housing is one of the innovations increasingly used in the homelessness sector to provide temporary accommodation, but there is very limited evidence about the effectiveness of these models, the barriers and facilitators to set them up and operate them, and the experiences of people housed...


Read more at: Net zero ready new build housing: benefits and barriers to delivery

Net zero ready new build housing: benefits and barriers to delivery

In the context of a government mandate to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and meet the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets, the Climate Change Committee and the Sixth Carbon Budget proposed that all new residential buildings should be zero carbon-ready from 2025. Our...


Read more at: Customer experience in the housebuilding industry: the post-occupancy evaluation of MMC-delivered homes in the social housing sector

Customer experience in the housebuilding industry: the post-occupancy evaluation of MMC-delivered homes in the social housing sector

Dr Sabina Maslova's report provides important insights into the role that post-occupancy evaluation (POE) and customer experience play in the social housing sector. It explores the feedback loop from the residents of occupied homes that were built with MMC through to the housebuilding supply chain...


Read more at: Final Report: Analysing the social context to transforming construction through digital innovation and offsite construction

Final Report: Analysing the social context to transforming construction through digital innovation and offsite construction

Our final report for the project summarises the key contributions from the research project Analysing the social context to transforming construction through digital innovation and offsite construction. As well as a summary of the project findings, the report provides a precis of the...


Read more at: Ethically making Smart Cities

Ethically making Smart Cities

The Centre for Digital Built Britain has published a blog by CCHPR researchers, based on their recently published paper, The ethical underpinnings of Smart City governance: Decision-making in the Smart Cambridge Programme, UK. The blog explores the crucial ethical issues faced by decisionmakers...


Read more at: Projects as vehicles for the widespread adoption of digital manufacturing technologies in the AEC sector

Projects as vehicles for the widespread adoption of digital manufacturing technologies in the AEC sector

Dr Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong and Konrad Graser's blog calls for real life project examples to provide evidence of success and lessons for future attempts in order to drive widespread transformation in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector. They highlight the example of the DFAB House...


Read more at: Self-build and custom housebuilding in the UK

Self-build and custom housebuilding in the UK

Our report into self-build and custom housebuilding looks at the potential for this sector of the housing industry to help address the UK's housing crisis. Self-build and custom housebuilding has been consistently promoted as a way of boosting the diversity of housing supply, and our report makes a...


Read more at: Industry guidance: Successful adoption and use of BIM and OSM

Industry guidance: Successful adoption and use of BIM and OSM

This guidance document by Rey Shojaei and Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong describes six key factors that will help construction firms to transform their project delivery through the adoption and use of BIM and OSM. Their research has shown that construction firms that have successfully adopted and are using BIM...


Read more at: Cryptocurrency and the Digital Divide

Cryptocurrency and the Digital Divide

Hannah Holmes contributed to a recent article in The Big Issue looking at how digital exclusion could also mean financial exclusion for some as cryptocurrencies edge closer to the mainstream.


Read more at: Digital exclusion and the importance of getting online

Digital exclusion and the importance of getting online

CCHPR’s third report for New Horizons focuses on digital inclusion, which encompasses access to suitable devices and internet connections, as well as digital literacy and a range of other factors. It draws on interviews with coaches and participants from the New Horizons project, to show how...