Peers hear modular the only way to solve housing crisis

By Jordan Marshall2018-04-26T06:00:00

Willmott Dixon’s Tim Carey tells House of Lords inquiry there is not enough traditional resources

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The skills crisis has reached a point where there is no alternative to off-site manufacturing, a House of Lords inquiry into whether off-site manufacturing can improve productivity in construction has heard.

Speaking to peers from the science and technology committee, Willmott Dixon national product director Tim Carey said there was simply not enough resources to build houses traditionally.

He said: “The biggest advantage of it [off-site manufacturing] is there isn’t enough capacity out there to deliver projects, especially housing using traditional methods of construction anymore. We are almost past the point of no return.

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