MMC’s benefits especially clear in fast-track schemes

With Modern Methods of Construction enabling new buildings to be completed significantly faster than via traditional construction, ‘green’ credentials such as reduced waste and fewer site deliveries, and the ability to manufacture the modules offsite in controlled factory conditions – for optimal quality and less disruption at hospital sites, MMC is increasingly being used by NHS Trusts to augment ward, ICU, and surgical capacity at a variety of locations. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, interviewed David Hartley, MD of MTX – one of the UK’s leading exponents of healthcare MMC, at this year’s Healthcare Estates, discussing both some of MTX’s most notable recent MMC healthcare project successes, and why an increasing number of NHS clients now favour this form of construction