Issue 6 tackles that head on. Melissa Zanocco, Challenge Director: Growth Mission at UKRI, argues that fragmentation remains the core blocker - and sets out how demand aggregation and a platform approach could shift delivery from construction activity to production capability.
Mollie Claypool at Automated Architecture then takes the logic further, asking what happens when housing demand is continuous but delivery is brittle - and making the case for deployable micro-factories backed by construction-specific Physical AI.
From there, Donatella Fiorella, Digital Construction Manager at Skanska, cuts through the “quick win” narrative around digital tools - focusing on the real work: testing, training and sustained support before and after rollout. Brett King at Procore reframes the industrialisation debate again, arguing the decisive constraint is information - not factories.
New in this issue, we also step away from the theory and into delivery, with two project case studies that show industrialised methods being applied on the ground - B&K Hybrid Solutions at Paradise, and ZedPods at Croft House.
And if the sector’s biggest constraint is still execution, Helen Gawor, Consultant Director at Building Strategy, brings it back to leadership: how you build the culture, operational discipline and product strategy that lets an IC business scale without losing repeatability - or diluting delivery in the chase for the next innovation.
We also include an Industrialised Construction Conference speakers preview - a quick, useful guide to this year’s speakers, and a reminder that the conference is where the sector gets serious about what works.
Vincent Bolton / Editor
Email: vincent.bolton@industrialisedconstruction.co.uk
