| |  | | |  | | |  | Message from CEO, Paul Tierney
August is almost upon us, I know from speaking with many of you that this has been a particularly busy summer – which we welcome!
Firstly, please join me in welcoming Philip to the team. Philip, a student from TU Dublin whom some of you have now met, is working with us for the summer, assisting with the compilation of our MMC Ireland Technical Catalogue. Huge thanks to the members who have already given up their time to take a call with Philip this month, and to those we are yet to have a call, your time and assistance during this busy period is much appreciated. This important catalogue will be a dynamic and searchable database on our website, which can be updated directly by members. Critically, we will be launching this offering at UK Offsite Construction Week in September so time is of the essence.
On the topic of UK Offsite Construction Week, we will be sharing further details in the coming week to outline the MMC Ireland offering, which will be available to all members at no charge, including access to the MMC Ireland Lounge and pre-arranged meetings for our members with UK-based companies and individuals, at your request.
By way of policy and advocacy update, there have been ongoing meetings this month with the Department of Enterprise, the Department of Housing, NESC, The MMC Leadership and Integration Group, EY and KPMG, all furthering the interests of our members and the MMC sector as a whole. Further details will be shared with members in due course; suffice to say, Government is making progress in delivering a significant increase in the adoption of MMC.
Our pre-Budget submission proposals will be circulated to all members in the coming days and, subject to members’ acceptance of these, it will be sent to the relevant Government Departments next week. I would like to thank Pat Kirwan, Chair of the Policy Support & Integration working group and his group colleagues for taking the lead on this.
Growing Ireland’s MMC pipeline: As announced at our National Conference earlier this summer, we are currently working to complete a comprehensive report on the MMC sector in Ireland. Our focus is on how MMC Ireland members can further deliver on the ever increasing demand for additional homes, hospitals, schools and infrastructure, given the right policy environment and governmental frameworks are put in place as a matter of urgency – your input and project insights will help us complete this invaluable exercise on your behalf.
Thank you, Paul |
| |  | MMC Ireland Members Portal
We are delighted to launch the new MMC Ireland Members’ Portal! 🎉
You can access the portal through our website at https://mmcireland.ie.
Each member company will receive up to three logins for the portal, please email info@mmcireland.com and let us know to whom these logins should be assigned.
In this you will find exclusive, members-only MMC Ireland content including recordings of each monthly working group meeting, videos of all presentations from the MMC Ireland National Conference 2024 (there is a selection available currently, more will be uploaded in the coming days), and a highlight page that will be contain a selection of top member projects. If you would like any of your projects to be showcased, please send details to Katie. |
| | MMC Ireland Working Groups |
| | There is growing body of work for all three working groups, including the technical catalogue showcased below, and wider member input would be greatly appreciated.
All members are welcome and encouraged to join the working groups. To get involved email Katie or sign up for updates at info@mmcireland.com |
| Update from Technical Working Group Chair, Ronan Lonergan |
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MMC Catalogue
We have started compiling the information for the MMC Ireland Technical Catalogue. This Catalogue will be a single point of information booklet for all our members and what they have on offer.
We are entering phase 2 of production in early August, so all members are requested to fill in the form in order to populate their own page in this Catalogue as soon as possible – link in the box below: Members Presentations To create more variety in the Technical Working, we have introduced Members presentations, where for each session, each member gives a 20 min overview of their business and product offering. Other working exercises are a EPD Framework, LGS, Case Study for Whitethorn, Recertification Process for Temporary Accommodation among others.
Finally thanks to all of the working group members for their participation and engagement,
Ronan |
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| *If you or any of your team are interested in getting involved in the Technical Guidance & Knowledge Sharing Working Group, email Katie at Katie@mmcireland.com |
| | | MMC Ireland Pre-Budget Submission
Message from Pat Kirwan, Chair of the Policy Support & Integration working group:
Thank you to all members who have contributed ideas for inclusion in MMC Ireland’s ‘Pre-Budget 2025 Submission’, for anyone who has yet to feed into this, please email me directly on pkirwan@cwoarchitects.ie.
As the leading industry representative body for Ireland’s offsite construction sector, it is critical that we use our knowledge and project insights to advocate for the right measures in Budget 2025. Given the political landscape ahead, the sector requires certainty that increased MMC adoption is underpinned by government policy. With that objective in mind, our proposals are calling for the government to support the industry to further decarbonise and digitalise in order to deliver the housing, healthcare, education and other critical infrastructure needed. You are welcome to contact me to discuss any aspects of the submission, your input is essential.
Thank you, Pat |
| | Offsite Construction Week UK
As mentioned previously, our Q3 members’ meetup will take place in the UK during Offsite Construction Week (an exciting new annual event for the calendar!) at the Offsite Expo, taking place in the Coventry Building Society Arena on September 17th and 18th.
MMC Ireland will have a dedicated lounge space within the Expo arena, which can be used by all members to network and host meetings. To increase the value for our members who wish to travel, MMC Ireland has arranged to work with a UK-based liaison to support members in arranging meetings and making new connections in advance of the Expo.
The following month, MMC Ireland will also have a presence at UK Construction Week in Birmingham from the 1st to the 3rd October. We will be happy to support any members who are exhibiting or attending that event. |
|  | | | |  | | | | | Irish Steel AwardsA big congratulations to ARC Engineering for being shortlisted for the 2024 Irish Steel Awards in the Residential Balconies category!
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|  | | Structural Timber AwardsWell done to the Partel team for being shortlisted in the 2024 Structural Timber Awards. Their product, VARA PLUS ECO Paper-Based Vapour Control Layer, has been nominated in the Product Innovation Award category – we have our fingers crossed for you! |
|  | | Architectural Practice of the YearA massive congratulations to HLM Architects for being shortlisted for the Architectural Practice of the Year at the 2024 Building Magazine Awards! This marks the fifth consecutive year being recognised in this category, and after winning this esteemed title for the past two years, the excitement is on. |
|  | | DBFL’s 5k Run4Autism12 of DBFL Consulting Engineer’s own runners, walkers & supporters ran 5 kilometres for AsIAm – Ireland’s Autism Charity.
Amazing work, all! |
| | | Laptops DonationSto. Ltd have been kind enough to donate a selection of laptops to Independent Living Support Dumfries, as well as dedicate a day to IT training for improving the personal growth of the individuals they are working with! |
|  | | Digital Transformation Awards 2024
Congratulations to the Jones Engineering BIM team on winning the Best Digital Transformation-Construction Awards at the Digital Transformation Awards 2024 |
|  | | | | | Irish Construction Industry Awards 2024
#MMCIreland are delighted to be involved in the Irish Construction Industry Awards 2024 and look forward to seeing this years shortlist for the category ‘MMC Project of the Year 2024’, an award that recognises excellence in the delivery of offsite and other #MMC projects across Ireland.
Application deadline for the MMC category has been extended until Friday, August 2nd!
Further details and to apply, click 👉 https://www.constructionawards.ie |
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| | | MMC Events Calendar
Along with the Awareness & Education Working Group, we have created an MMC events page on the MMC Ireland website at the following link https://mmcireland.ie/events/
If you know of any events you think would be of interest to any of the members or the wider mmc community, please forward them onto info@mmcireland.com to help us fill out this calendar! |
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| | MMC Ireland Website: Member Pages
Don’t forget, all members have their own individual member page on the MMC Ireland website.
If you have not already sent through company and project information for your page, please do so – queries to info@mmcireland.com |
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| | | Your MMC Ireland membership team, Paul, Carol and Katie, are available on info@mmcireland.ie to discuss any of the items contained in this month’s members’ newsletter. |
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| Member Achievements
We know that many of our members are involved in a number of exciting initiatives and have been nominated for too many awards to count – and you don’t always share this good news on social media, which you should!
If there is anything you would like us to feature in this newsletter, please email Katie at katie@mmcireland.com. |
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| Research Meetings
As many will already know, we have a student intern, Philip, working with us for the Summer. Philip is undertaking the task of meeting with individual members to gather company information and assist with completing the technical catalogue.
If you have not gotten into contact with Philip yet or organised a meeting time, please email him at Philip@mmcireland.com. |
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