With a shortage in housing and projected population boom, the development of 'more for less' construction techniques is inevitable. This is already evident in our study of the portal frame system in low rise, long span buildings. However, when new methods are introduced, 'they have at the same time been required to make the resulting dwellings resemble conventional construction as closely as possible'. That is, not only the representation of these designs, but the absorption of them into exisitng legal systems and standards.
Surveyors' Guide To Modern Methods Of Construction
As more and more dwellings are built using modern methods of construction (MMC), surveyors are increasingly being required to assess dwellings of markedly different construction to the conventional masonry structures they are used to. With this in mind the BRE Trust has published a pocket guide to MMC specifically for surveyors.
Modern methods of construction: A surveyor's guide introduces surveyors to the range of constructions currently being used, thereby enabling them to produce more meaningful and informed reports for their clients.
Keith Ross the author of the guide says, 'Pressure from Government to increase the rate of housing supply, a diminishing skills base and higher performance requirements for dwellings have resulted in the introduction of a wide range of innovative components and construction systems into house construction. The planning system, on the other hand, has remained conservative and in general has restricted the introduction of visually different finishes to the exterior of dwellings. The result has been that, while builders have begun to introduce innovative components and systems into their product, they have at the same time been required to make the resulting dwellings resemble conventional construction as closely as possible - it can be very confusing for surveyors.'
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