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Discover more about research and development in Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) in an interview with a senior researcher at University College Dublin, alongside a representative sample of recent research publications focused on MMC and skills development.

This will grow to be a comprehensive showcase of research activity across Ireland, highlighting the work of higher education institutions and other research-performing organisations that are driving innovation and workforce development in the Irish construction sector.

  • Taking MMC Research to the Construction Site and Beyond

    The MMC Research Group at University College Dublin (UCD), spearheaded by Dr Daniel McCrum, is leading the innovations behind Modern Methods of Construction (MMC).
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Research showcase

  • Report cover titled "Build Up Skills - Ireland 2030: Analysis of the National Status Quo" with BUSI2030 logo and partner organization logos.
    Jun 2023

    Build Up Skills – Ireland 2030: Analysis of the National Status Quo

    IGBC
    Construction Industry Federation, Irish Green Building Council, Laois & Offaly Education Training Board, Technological University of the Shannon

    The Build Up Skills Ireland initiative sets out a clear roadmap of actions focused on supporting the upskilling within the construction sector, and specifically the built environment.
    View Report on igbc.ie
  • Cover slide titled 'Digital Construction Pack"
    May 2023

    Digital Construction Pack

    Construction Professionals Skillnet, Construction Industry Federation
    The aim of this guide is to bring the reader logically through the pre-construction and delivery of construction projects using digital technology. It provides the background to the development of policy regarding the digitisation of construction over the last 10 years and puts the need for the provision of digital project delivery in context.
    View Report on www.cpskillnet.ie
  • Cover page of the RIAI report titled “RIAI Design for Manufacture and Assembly / DfMA Report,”
    Oct 2022

    Design for Manufacture and Assembly / DfMA Report

    The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
    This report presents how using good design to facilitate MMC can be achieved without losing design quality. The report aims to increase the understanding amongst architects, related professions, manufacturers, and contractors and their clients about what MMC means and designing for it, and how these issues can be embedded into construction and building design processes.
    View Report on riai.ie
  • Illustration with the text “Building a Zero Carbon Ireland” and the Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) logo, showing colourful buildings, wind turbines, trams, and a person cycling, symbolising sustainable urban development and decarbonisation.
    Oct 2022

    Building a Zero Carbon Ireland

    Irish Green Building Council
    The ‘Building a Zero Carbon Ireland: A Roadmap to decarbonise Ireland’s Built Environment across its Whole Life Cycle’ report presents a set of recommendations to halve our sector emissions by 2030, and to decarbonise Ireland’s built environment by 2050.
    View Report on igbc.ie
  • Title slide of a research paper presentation from Munster Technological University titled 'Barriers to the Implementation of Modern Methods of Construction in Ireland
    Sep 2022

    Barriers to the Implementation of Modular Construction in Ireland: A Case Study from an Irish Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Perspective

    Shane Carmody, John P Spillane, and Noel Clarke (University of Limerick)
    The aim of this study is to identify the factors that are inhibiting modular construction adoption in Ireland. A qualitative research method is applied, using six semi-structured interviews with the target case study.
    View Report on researchrepository.ul.ie
  • A blue cover image with the RIAI logo at the top. The text reads: “RIAI BIM Pack 2 – BIM Guide for SMEs
    Sep 2022

    BIM Guide for SMEs

    The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
    This document is intended to support the implementation of BIM technology for sole practitioners and SMEs. The aim is for businesses to realise a unified, usable, co-ordinated approach to Building Information Modelling in a design environment.
    View Report on riai.ie