PROFILE | Housebuilding platform takes aim at supply crisis

Dan Pollard joins House by Urban Splash, the developer’s modular sub-brand, as head of manufacturing from Liverpool-based startup Ideal Modular Housing.

The next-gen applications you need to consider when looking to make your site-finding, apartment-specifying, planning and financial appraisals more efficient.

As many people are spending more time at home than they used to and the office is under question, how is technology being used and adapted in residential real estate, and where do we go from here?

Supported by the Mayor of London, tech-led design practice Bryden Wood and modern construction guru Mark Farmer’s consultancy Cast, have released a significant new version of their free PRiSM app, which harnesses the latest digital technology and data to help design and build manufactured homes.

The government agency will require bidders for its £7.4bn pot for affordable housing supply in the next five years to use modern methods of construction such as off-site manufacturing.

According to the latest Savills July 2020 Big Shed report, areas of the UK are looking at a potential serious shortage of warehouse and shed storage.

The Luxembourg-based construction tech company, which uses naturally reinforced timber to create sustainable buildings, has hired ex-BlackBerry and Tesla executive Margareta Sailer as chief people officer.

The developer’s modular division has worked with visual agency Uniform to allow people to design their future home online to their own specification.

The current pandemic certainly isn’t helping with the UK’s housing shortage. Housebuilders may be going back on site but do we need to move away from the more traditional methods of construction if we are going to have any chance of meeting the country’s housebuilding targets, asks Caroline Hanratty.