<p><span>An increased use of modern methods of construction could reduce the additional labour requirement needed to meet the government’s target of delivering 300,000 homes a year, according to the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB).</span></p> <p><span>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) commissioned CITB and Whole Life Consultants </span><span>to analyse the impact that MMC could have on upcoming workforce needs. “Limited information is available on the impact on MMC on the overall workforce skills requirements,” CITB said.</span></p> <p><span>The report - <i>The impact of modern methods of construction on skills requirements for housing </i>– reveals that increased use of MMC could reduce labour requirements from an additional </span><span>195,000 workers (by 2025) </span><span>to around </span><span>158,000.</span></p> <p><span>For the research, CITB looked at changes to the workforce for panelised and volumetric offsite home building. It used opinions from industry experts involved in MMC housebuilding to quantify the effect on labour demand from delivering a typical home using MMC. The results were used to calculate the change in workforce demand resulting from different levels of uptake of MMC.</span></p> <p><span>The report found that an increased adoption of volumetric MMC could particularly aid a reduction in the number of additional workers needed. </span></p> <p><span>A scenario of …