An innovation
initiative to support the transformation of the housebuilding sector is calling
for suppliers of new solutions.
Advanced
Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) is inviting
suppliers to enter the sandpit challenge to showcase their innovative products
or services, demonstrating how they can deliver industrialised offsite
solutions required to meet current and future housebuilding demands.
The
three-year AIMCH project, whose goal is to support the sector to tackle the UK
housing crisis by building new homes quicker, more efficiently and to a higher
standard, is encouraging innovation and collaboration from across all parts of
the industry.
There
are three challenge areas for suppliers to submit their technically and
commercially promising products and systems;
·Advanced MMC
Solutions, with a particular focus on scaffoldless erect
·Standardised
Solutions, including modular stairs, bathroom pods, and preformed windows and
doors
·Zero Carbon
Solutions, with a particular interest in heat pumps, underfloor heating,
convection heaters, battery storage, and lower lambda mineral wool
Successful
partners could see their products and services trialled on live housing
projects, with successful methods subsequently being commercialised and brought
to market in volume.
Daniel
Shea, AIMCH Partner and Technical Innovation Coordinator, Barratt Developments
Plc, said, “What we are looking for from the sandpit
challenge is for suppliers to bring forward truly innovative and unique near to
market solutions that have the potential to be scalable.
“Already
we have witnessed the success of new product and system trials during the first
two years of the AMICH project and we know that there are many more companies
out there who are innovating and can play their part in helping to transform
the sector. We need to find more sustainable ways of building quality new
homes and achieving a net zero-carbon built environment, and we need
game-changers who can support this transformation.”
The
AIMCH project aims to develop know how that supports the key sector stakeholders
deliver 120,000 homes for the same or less cost than traditional methods, built
30% quicker and has the potential to impact on 35,000 homes being delivered by
AIMCH partners across the UK each year.
Innovators
who can play their part in delivering the project aims are encouraged to submit
their proposals bycompletingthe application form on the AIMCH website.
Successful applicants will then be invited to participate in a workshop hosted
by one of three AIMCH partners, L&Q, Stewart Milne Group or Barratt
Developments Plc.
