Manchester – the city has been on the cutting edge since the birth of the industrial revolution. From John Dalton’s Atomic Theory in 1803, to the invention of Graphene in 2004. More recently it has given the world the greatest music ever made.

Home to 2.8 million people in 1.2 million dwellings over 500 square miles, Greater Manchester is the heart of the Northern Powerhouse and has a bigger economy than the whole of Wales… but this economy does not work for everyone.

As well as a bigger economy, Manchester also has a bigger homelessness problem. Years of declining social housing stock, coupled with a growing population, and now the impact of Covid-19, has seen the problem evolve into a full crisis.

In this episode we speak to new housing developer EDAROTH – Everyone Deserves A House Over Their Head – to learn about how modern methods of construction might help unlock unwanted brownfield sites and solve this problem for good.

Guests

Mark Powell, Managing Director, Edaroth

Mike McNicholas, Managing Director – Infrastructure, Atkins

Supporter

Atkins, part of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies.

Employing over 18,000 people across the UK, North America, Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe, Atkins utilities the latest technology to deliver major capital projects, and provide expert consultancy for clients across the energy, transportation and infrastructure sectors

Resources

Shelter UK – Building for our Future: a vision for social housing (Jan 2019)

UK GOV – MHCLG report – Modern Methods of Construction – introducing the MMC definition framework (March 2019)

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