107 - The Kitchen Sink (and other cost savings)

The Build

Paul Mitchell, Director and Co-founder of Mitchell McDermott talks about costs, viability, what is happening in other countries along with MMC and Sprawl.
Note: There is now an AI-generated transcript with each new episode. Please excuse any errors. I for one am grateful to our new robot overlords and any errors they make in transcription are obviously my fault as a human.
00:00 - Explaining quantity surveying to a 5 year old
00:07 - Apartment viability and why it doesn't exist
00:17 - Planning regulations and the effect on cost
27:30 - Removing kitchens and the travelling box
39:30 - Viability checking new regulations
48:00 - The Germans are also suffering
54:56 - Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
1:03:48 - The Cost of sprawl
Reports and data mentioned in this episode:
Residential Construction Cost Study Report:
https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/2bf87-residential-construction-cost-study-report/
CORINE Map:
https://data.gov.ie/dataset/corine-landcover-2018
World Economic Forum report on the future of Construction:
https://www3.weforum.org/docs/Future_Scenarios_Implications_Industry_report_2018.pdf
The Cost of Sprawl in Canada:
https://institute.smartprosperity.ca/sites/default/files/sp_suburbansprawl_oct2013_opt.pdf
Are we repeating the mistakes of the past?:
https://mitchellmcdermott.com/apartments-construction-repeating-mistakes/