• Comment: Can you please point out the WP:THREE best sources? Reviewers are unlikely to look through every single source if there are that many of them. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 21:18, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
  • Comment: we don't use external links in the body of an article please remove and it's not at all clear what makes him notable in Wikipedia terms. Theroadislong (talk) 20:32, 15 February 2025 (UTC)
Sources supporting notability
Sky News. (n.d.). Mark Farmer is chief executive of Cast and says the construction industry is facing a declining workforce and  needs to “modernise or die” [Video]. Sky News. https://news.sky.com/video/construction-industry-must-modernise-or-die-10621723
Green, Stuart. (2024). Making Sense of Construction Improvement. 10.1201/9781003308133.
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021). (2019b, November 5). Housing Minister announces new champion for modern housebuilding. GOV.UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/housing-minister-announces-new-champion-for-modern-housebuilding
Mark Farmer

Mark Farmer (Born 1969) is a British chartered surveyor, government advisor and founder of Cast Consultancy. Farmer is best known as author of the Farmer Review.[1] Much of his industry activity relates to promotion of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) and reform of the construction skills system.[2][3]

Career

Mark Farmer trained as a quantity surveyor joining the UK based consultancy, EC Harris in 1989 as an under-graduate and progressing to partner level and head of residential development. In 2016 he left EC Harris / Arcadis and founded Cast Consultancy based in London.[4][5]

He authored the Farmer Review (also known as Modernise or Die) for the UK Government in 2016.[1]

In 2017 Farmer was appointed as chair of the Housing Ministry's MMC Working Group charged with overcoming barriers to use of MMC in housebuilding.[6] This group produced a formal 7 category definition of MMC for housebuilding which is widely used across the UK construction industry[6][7] [8] and in other countries such as Ireland.[9]

In 2019 Farmer was appointed as the Housing Minister's Champion for Modern Methods of Construction in Housebuilding[10], a role he performed until 2023.

In 2023 he was appointed as lead reviewer for the Department for Education to undertake the Arms Length Body Review of the two remaining Industry Training Boards, CITB and ECITB.[11] The review was published in January 2025, entitled Transforming The Construction Workforce[12]. It recommended that the ITB model needs a 'fundamental reset'.[13] The review has prompted debate as to whether the construction industry has the capacity to deliver the level of homebuilding the UK requires.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b "Construction labour market in the UK: Farmer review".
  2. ^ "Five years on from Modernise or die, where are we now?". 19 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Modular design should be on architects' syllabus, says government tsar". 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Former Arcadis partners launch new residential consultancy". 8 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Arcadis development head to set up new firm".
  6. ^ a b Brown, Thomas (9 August 2024). "Modern methods of construction in the housing industry".
  7. ^ UK Government. (2022b). MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/631222468fa8f5423fb0c7c0/20220901-MMC-Guidance-Note.pdf
  8. ^ "What is the MMC definition framework?". Planning, BIM & Construction Today. 23 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Modern Methods of Construction Introductory Guide". 11 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Housing Minister announces new champion for modern housebuilding".
  11. ^ "Government launches Industrial Training Board review - CITB".
  12. ^ "2023 Industry Training Board (ITB) review".
  13. ^ "'Fundamental reset' required as CITB touted for merger". 30 January 2025.
  14. ^ Byers, D. (17 February 2025). "Bricklayer Shortage Threatens UK's Housing Plans". The Times.
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