#OffsiteInsights: Beechwood Case Study

Our next case study project, still under construction, hasn't been seen much publicity yet 🚧👷‍♂️

With dozens of homes already occupied, we believe Beechwood in #Basildon represents a number of significant trends in #ModularHousing 🏗️ @NUlivinghomes is the highly ambitious in-house developer for @SwanHousing. With a regeneration-led approach, the London and South-East focused developer set up a large modular housing factory in Basildon back in 2017.

Offsite Insights: The Forge

Our first case study project sits just behind the Tate Modern.

The Forge is the culmination of years of vision, drive and technological development. It's rapidly approaching completion on site but, to get the full picture, let's go back in time...⌛

https://twitter.com/BrydenWood/status/1487020732873850888

It's 2017 and the UK construction sector's many ailments are widely acknowledged: poor productivity, low standardisation of data, commonplace programme and cost overruns and mounting environmental concerns.

Not to mention the huge uncertainty generated by the B word ❌🇪🇺❌

Offsite Insights: The New Housing Gigafactories 🏭

So you want to build a shiny new house factory? It takes a lot of time, expertise and money, so get ready.

What kind of logistical challenges will you face? In this thread, we take a deep dive into the industry's current state. We've identified 60 volumetric building factories in the UK. Over half of these didn't exist just 10 years ago.

Some of the biggest are by @BerkeleyGroupUK, @ilkehomes, @TopHatIO, @landg_homes, @housebyus, @ElementsEurope, @visionmodular, @Idealmodular and @NUlivinghomes.