Faster, smarter, more efficient: building skills for offsite construction

Offsite - or prefabricated - construction is the manufacture and pre-assembly of construction elements or components in a factory environment prior to installation onsite. It potentially represents the biggest change the built environment sector has faced in generations. Currently, offsite accounts for less than 10 per cent of total output, but this will grow as firms invest in prefabricated manufacturing factories and other offsite technology. Home building is likely to be the first major beneficiary of offsite - or modular - construction, but there is also scope for improved offsite methods ... Show more

Authors: Brennan, Jennifer; Vokes, Clare; Tanner, Alan; Lever, Ben

Published: King's Lynn, England, Construction Industry Training Board, 2017

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Physical description: [78] p. (report) + 12 p. (research summary and action plan) + [7] p. (personas)

Access item: https://www.citb.co.uk/research/research-reports/offsite-construction-report/

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