Following the (leaked?) news of Laing O'Rourke's significant investment in its off-site manufacturing (OSM) capability http://bit.ly/6zbV1p to Building earlier this month, comes encouraging news from Jenny Davey in the Sunday Times http://bit.ly/bVKl7C that Persimmon is dusting off its own factory at Space4.
Mike Farley, CEO at Persimmon claims "Higher energy standards and the ability to turn the construction tap on and off at a faster rate mean the pendulum has now swung firmly in its (Space4) direction." Hopeful signs that the tap is being turned on.
Evolving legislation - the government stick to deliver zero carbon homes by 2016 - makes it increasingly difficult to cost effectively build high performing homes through conventional means. The challenge remains for Persimmon and its rivals, Barratt and Taylor Wimpey, to better inform their customers of the cost-in-use benefits of owning a smarter home.
Perhaps the market can provide the carrot that the government seems incapable of doing.
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