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Industry Insights

Our Industry Insights highlight real-world, inspiring MMC success stories and innovative case studies shaping the future of Irish construction. These insights seek to demonstrate how the MMC sector are addressing the following industry challenges. 

  • Workforce shortages 
  • Limited awareness of MMC training provision
  • Honing off-site and modular skills 
  • Addressing digital and technology gap 
  • Need for multi-skilled labour force
  • Preparing future industry leaders

  • Equalising Traditional M&E Engineering with Prefabricated Electrical Installations from Skilled Factory Operatives

    Traditional construction often calls for specialist contractors to cover different trades. One of the benefits of offsite manufacturing is the production process can negate this need for different skillsets, instead requiring General Operatives adaptable to multiple roles. Castle Group uses Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) to flip the script on the skills requirements of M&E installations.
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    Multi-Trade Expertise
    Business Supports
    Rows of black server racks in a data center with Castle logo in the corner.

  • “If It Can Be Built Offsite, It Should” – Engaging Engineers with Offsite Manufacturing and Lean Principles for MEP Installations

    Early engagement between designers and contractors is fundamental to delivering Lean offsite manufacturing. Ardmac, a specialist contractor delivering complex data centre and advanced manufacturing facilities, focuses on maximising a project’s pre-manufactured value (PMV %) – and has taken to upskilling partners in Lean offsite manufacturing too.
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    Off-Site & Modular Skills
    Business Supports
    Group of construction workers in high-visibility vests and hard hats at an indoor briefing, Ardmac and Rockwell logos.

Addressing Industry Challenges