Britain’s constructors could once again lead the world
Top Stories Tamfitronics Sam Stacey is chair of SustainCRE and chief executive of Stacx InternationalFor four years from 2018, I led the transforming construction challenge (TCC) – a UK Research & Innovation-backed initiative that was match funded by industry to encourage the shift towards manufacturing and digital processes. It set out to champion the sector’s innovators – the people and organisations bringing us more sustainable and affordable buildings at greater speed. Progress on these fronts has been respectable, but to claim it as transformative would be premature. However, the new landscape of political stability and attention to climate change offers the potential for spectacular further headway.“Efficiencies on the supply side could bring profit margins in double digits”Our new Labour government has, very publicly, promised 1.5 million new homes over the next five years, plus...
