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appear more expensive on a project’ s cost plan in comparison to a traditionally built scheme. However, this‘ race to the bottom’ procurement strategy is critically flawed because it overlooks the reduced time on site gained by using a volumetric solution.
“ Using a traditionally built housing scheme of 30 homes as an example, a volumetric alternative could easily be delivered in half the time if the project is set up and procured correctly from the outset. Halving the site management costs and site duration makes a substantial impact to any cost plan. When you take that further with the reduced test, commission, and handover phases, and incorporate an enhanced quality assurance standard of housing, the project’ s cost plans from traditional to volumetric are generally on par with each other.
“ When all elements of the project cost plan, including early rental income and reduced spend on temporary accommodation, are correctly evaluated, a 3D volumetric modular system often turns out cheaper than a traditional scheme,” Craig states.“ Government and local authorities must actively engage in the procurement of housing and correctly assess and incorporate all the elements of business case for a housing development, rather than simply relying on old procurement systems that have continually failed to deliver much needed housing.”
It’ s no secret that the UK is facing unprecedented demand for housing, and our conversation with Craig clearly highlights DHME’ s commitment to helping ease the UK’ s housing crisis. Building on its extensive knowledge of modular construction, the company’ s NARA units embrace the power of MMC and offer a scalable, efficient, and sustainable model to help solve the UK’ s housing crisis. ■
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