MiTek UK & Ireland

The MiTek team visited a new Taylor Wimpey plc development in East Anglia last week. It has been great to work with Donaldson Timber Engineering on the first large-scale Posi-Joist project with the housebuilder, and we were on hand to support the start of installation. Great to hear positive feedback from the installer – they immediately saw the benefits: • Lightweight and easy to handle • Quick installation • More stable during setting out We’re looking forward to returning and seeing the progress. #PosiJoist #Housebuilding #Homebuilding #Innovation

We celebrated International Women’s Day with a special two-day global conference this week. Colleagues from across the business came together to engage and collaborate in activities and events under our theme for 2025, ‘Empower. Accelerate. Belong. Women Driving Transformational Change’. Here at MiTek, we are committed to creating an environment where women can thrive as leaders, innovators and changemakers. #IWD2025 #MiTekWomen #AccelerateAction

Women from across MiTek UK & Ireland have been celebrating International Women’s Day this week. Joining other MiTek women from around the globe, colleagues took part in events organised by the MiTek Women Employee Resource Group. Activities focused on MiTek’s 2025 theme of ‘Empower. Accelerate. Belong. Women Driving Transformational Change’ and included: 💪A collaborative buffet lunch 💪A quiz based around this year’s theme 💪A watch party to view keynote speaker Jennifer Carter, CEO of EWF International 💪Fireside chats 💪An online self-defence class The two-day conference, and its theme, reflected MiTek’s commitment to fostering an environment where women can succeed and achieve within the workplace. #IWD2025 #MiTekWomen #AccelerateAction

MiTek has been working alongside Bellway Homes on their pioneering Barton Quarter project, a live experiment and training ground to demonstrate how sustainable construction can be both effective and efficient.   In our latest video, Jamie Bursnell, Head of Technical and Innovation at Bellway Homes, discusses how having flexibility within homes, to install components needed to meet the 2025 Future Homes Standard, will avoid clashes with utilities such as pipework and cable.   Posi-Joist, with its unparalleled design freedom, offered enhanced flexibility, making the installation of sustainable technologies and utilities within the Barton Quarter project easier and much more effective.   #PosiJoist #Innovation #InnovationInConstruction #Sustainability

The benefits of MiTek’s Mark 1 Easyjig Press are abundant. Not only does it mean a quicker, more accurate automated operation, it enhances production capacity and streamlines processes.   Crendon Timber Engineering Ltd recently installed our press at its Dorchester site – bringing the total used across the business to six. A seventh is due to be installed at the company’s Aylesbury site later this year.   Operations, Innovation and Sustainability Director Ed Kirk said: “Automation is critical to our business. It reduces set-up times and increases output, allowing us to produce more trusses in less time. This is a forward-thinking investment in our workforce and technology.”   The Mark 1 Easyjig Press also brings environmental benefits – streamlined processes means a reduction in material waste and improved energy efficiency.   We’re proud to be helping Crendon Timber Engineering optimise its manufacturing operations.   View the installation of the Mark 1 Easyjig press in our video below ⬇️ #EasyjigPress #Technology #Automation #Manufacturing  

Our recent visit to MiTek Dedicated Services in Vietnam with some of our key customers was certainly action packed.   Not only did our customers get the opportunity to visit the MiTek Dedicated Services offices, learn more about it and take part in hands-on training with our incredible team, they were also able to explore all the local area had to offer alongside taking part in a friendly football game.   Take a look at some of the highlights and our favourite moments from the trip below ⬇️   MiTek Dedicated Services provides bespoke construction-based service solutions, including expert drafting, estimating and rendering, for housebuilders, residential developers, architects and manufacturers.   #MiTek #DedicatedServices #InnovationInConstruction #Collaboration

It’s National Apprenticeship Week! As the construction industry continues to address the growing skills gap within the sector, MiTek is creating opportunities for the next generation of talent. The theme for this year’s National Apprenticeship Week is Skills for Life. MiTek is investing in industry skills by immersing interns in its world over the course of five months. Launched in 2022, the programme is now in its second year.   Rohan Patel was part of the 2022 intern intake and spent time learning about different departments of the business as well as undertaking training in different software modules, including PAMIR, which gave him a real understanding of how it can be used in a real-world environment. As well as widespread exposure to the business, he was able to take specific knowledge and skills back into higher education.   #NAW2025 #Interns #SkillsGap #Talent

Bellway Homes is at the forefront of sustainable construction with Barton Quarter, Lancashire. Taking the principles tested at the Future Home at Energy House 2.0, from research with the University of Salford, Bellway Homes, Zehnder Climate Systems and MiTek moved to the test sites at Barton Quarter. Jamie Bursnell, Group Head of Technical & Innovation, Bellway Homes, says: “The Barton Quarter project has been a big success for Bellway Homes. It’s given us the learnings in design. It’s also given our colleagues in production the opportunity to deliver homes to the Future Homes Standard ahead of the requirement for us to be able to work through potential issues that may arise with volume delivery in the future.” Digital 3D software-enabled design and collaboration have been used at an unprecedented depth, says Jimmy Close, Design Engagement Director, Residential EMEA, MiTek: “Multiple designs were integrated, creating a federated BIM model, eliminating the potential for issues during construction. While the off-site construction elements to the build had a profound impact on the efficiency of the design process, and then construction on-site.” Lessons learnt here will be applied to entire developments. When scaled across tens of thousands of homes, the impact will be significant. #DecarbonisingHomes #NetZeroReady #FHS #PosiJoist

How are we going to fit additional technologies into new homes to achieve FHS regulations? It’s a question Bellway Homes has been addressing at Energy House 2 and more recently on site at its Barton Quarter development. In this video, Jimmy Close, Design Engagement Director at MiTek, discusses how Posi-Joist is enabling Bellway to run MVHR systems through its housing, thanks to its open web nature. It’s a fantastic example of how construction can be efficient and effective. #Sustainable #InnovationInConstruction #EnergyEfficient

MiTek took part in a recent webinar hosted by the Trussed Rafter Association about the growing skills gap in the construction industry and the importance of creating opportunities for the next generation of talent. MiTek’s internship programme, which launched in 2022, sees students become immersed in the world of MiTek over the course of five months. It’s been a huge success and is now in its second year. In this snippet from the webinar, Nick Boulton from the Trussed Rafter Association talks about how young people remain interested in construction as a career and how the overwhelming majority of construction companies are working with schools and colleges to engage students with the industry. If you’re interested in starting your own apprenticeship or internship programme, there’s some great advice here. Watch in full: https://lnkd.in/dRPdgihF #SkillsGap #Construction #Talent