MARK FOX

offer much more by way of solutions to the market in the coming years, and we’re keen to keep learning and collaborating with other like-minded organisations to do this.

Q: Being named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service’s Offsite Construction Solutions framework is an affirmation of your approach and provides opportunities to showcase your modular expertise – what are you hoping to deliver through the appointment?

MF: New thinking! The Crown Commercial Service £10billion Off Site Framework represents a significant opportunity to our sector, and we were pleased to be named earlier this year amongst our well-respected peers, it is a statement of how far we have come. The four-year framework, which may extend a further three years covering a period of seven years in total, aims to support the public sector to innovate, drive efficiency and work towards net zero targets. SMEs like us like to champion new ideas and ways of thinking, so we’re keen to work with many of their public sector clients on finding new ways of delivering better.

Q: M-AR unveiled a ‘mission statement’ earlier in the year with a vision to: “drive change through fresh thinking… and challenge accepted industry norms”. What ideally do you want to see from an M-AR perspective over the next 18 months and how do you see the volumetric modular sector developing generally?

MF: After lots of growth, we’re keen to consolidate our efforts and refine down areas we know can be better and we have identified points within our strategy to do this. At a sector level we’d love to see a focus on client needs and wants, and we see a world where volumetric providers really prioritise the on-site works and services to deliver consistently for clients who are asking for turnkey contractors like ourselves. This area of the market is under served, and many providers focus only on the manufacture piece of the puzzle. We’d see that as a missed opportunity to turn clients away, so we expect to see developments of either self-delivering volumetric businesses or the rise of interesting partnerships between traditional contractors and volumetric providers to answer this challenge.

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Images:

01. Mark Fox, Operations Director, M-AR

02. The Centrepoint project has successfully used volumetric modular methods to award-winning effect

03. Stourton Park & Ride, Leeds

04. BOHO 8 office accommodation, Middlesborough

05-06. Summer 2023. M-AR’ Hull factory hosts regular open days