The PAS 8700:2025 specification, Fashionable strategies of development for brand new construct residential properties, has been produced in an try to supply consistency on how tasks can partially or wholly undertake offsite development strategies.
It’s the first PAS to set out complete necessities and processes for the deployment of so-called fashionable strategies of development in residential constructing tasks.
It’s supposed to help all stakeholders — from designers and producers to builders, lenders, insurers and regulators — in adopting constant, best-practice approaches throughout the residential development lifecycle.
The PAS was developed by way of collaboration between organisations together with the federal government, the Well being & Security Govt, the Affiliation of British Insurers, the Buildoffsite Property Assurance Scheme and Studio Partington.
BSI director-general for requirements, Scott Steedman, mentioned: “The constructed atmosphere sector has a pivotal position to play in our future economic system. Adopting fashionable strategies of development can assist it to embrace innovation whereas making certain security, sturdiness, and effectivity, in the end remodeling the best way houses are constructed and maintained. This new specification gives a transparent, unified framework for the adoption of MMC which can assist to speed up the event of agile, resilient provide chains for the sector and the supply of upper high quality, new-build housing programmes throughout the UK.”
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