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Business Daily: The Housing Disruptors

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09/01/2019 GMT

The Housing Disruptors

BBC World Service - Business Daily, The Housing Disruptors

Can factory-made homes solve global housing shortages?

There’s a shortage of affordable and social housing in most large urban centres around the world. But the construction sector is blighted by inefficiency and low productivity, and many say it’s ripe for disruption. Could modular or factory-built homes be the answer? We visit the factories and hear from two UK house-building ‘disruptors’; Rosie Toogood CEO of Legal and General Modular Homes and Nigel Banks at Ilke Homes. Mark Farmer of Cast Consultancy explains what’s been holding back innovation and Richard Threlfall, Partner and Global Head of Infrastructure at consultants KPMG gives us his take on the prospects for factory-built homes globally. Plus Rudy van Gurp from Dutch construction company Van Wijnen on why this may just be the cusp of big changes about to take over the construction industry.

Picture description: A crane taking modular home segments and stacking them on one on top of the other to make a new duplex.  
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