There are two main barriers to the widespread use of offsite construction

By Philip Watson2018-09-07T09:07:00

Once these are overcome, perhaps, finally, we can stop debating the potential benefits of offsite and start counting on them

Every major review of the construction industry has in some way recommended a move towards offsite construction – from the kind of partnering essential for innovation in offsite suggested by Latham in back in 1994, capital investment into R+D and innovation by Egan and later Farmer, and the potential for efficiencies of off-site construction described by Sebastian James - specifically for the schools sector - in 2011. However, very little has changed over this near quarter of a century period. As an advocate of offsite over this period I’ve been disappointed that the transformation I expected in our industry hasn’t materialised. Less than 5% of what we build in the UK utilises offsite methods.

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