Science and Tecnology Select Committee
Off-site manufacture for construction: Building for change
2nd Report of Session 2017-19 - published 19 July 2018 - HL Paper 169
Contents
The construction sector and background to the inquiry
Chapter 2: The case for off-site manufacture for construction
Benefits of off-site manufacture
Quality of buildings and infrastructure
Labour patterns and the experience of construction workers
Environmental factors and other externalities
Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 3: Infrastructure, building and housing
Hospitals, schools and prisons
Box 1: Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary
Box 5: Kidwells housing estate
Box 6: Athletes Village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Skills required for off-site manufacture
Conclusions and recommendations
Chapter 5: Sector barriers to uptake
Sector fragmentation and lack of collaboration
Box 7: Infrastructure Client Group Project 13
Business models in the construction sector
Client knowledge and leadership
A pipeline of projects at scale
Chapter 6: Government actions to overcome barriers
Box 8: Levers available to Government
Presumption in favour of off-site manufacture
Ensuring a pipeline of projects
Sharing knowledge and best practice
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 4: Seminar held at the House of Lords on 6 February 2018
Appendix 5: Seminar held at the House of Lords on 17 April 2018
Appendix 6: Committee visit to Laing O’Rourke Explore Industrial Park (EIP), Worksop on 22 May 2018
Appendix 7: Abbreviations, acronyms and technical terms
Evidence is published online at https://www.parliament.uk/off-site-manufacture-construction/ and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.