Extract from Lords debate on Off-site Manufacture for Construction (Science and Technology Committee Report) - Dec 12
Thursday, 13 December 2018 08:07
The Earl of Lytton (CB):...Among the physical limitations of
prefabrication is the size of components that can be conveniently
transported to sites. However, in the realms of moving to robotics
and 3d printing, who knows where we might be in a relatively
short time in respect of distributed fabrication of components? The
committee rightly referred to the limitations in current
construction practices and the different approaches that would be
needed, from design to completion, for...Request free trial
The (CB):...Among
the physical limitations of prefabrication is the size of
components that can be conveniently transported to sites. However,
in the realms of moving to robotics and 3d printing, who knows where we might be in a
relatively short time in respect of distributed fabrication of
components? The committee rightly referred to the limitations in
current construction practices and the different approaches that
would be needed, from design to completion, for procuring buildings
with substantial off-site content. While many of them—hotels, some
municipal buildings, schools, student accommodation and so on—are
becoming, as we speak, early candidates for this type of work, the
low-rise residential housing sector has been flagged up as a
potential sticking point. This is mainly because changes in style,
layout and space might place standardisation in the way of
customisation, particularly, post-occupation adaption. I shall say
more about that in a minute, although I believe that many of these
points are perceptions rather than reality, and that,
fundamentally, we are on to a good thing here and we should go with
it...
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