Modular Housing’s Time is Now

Make Modular, the newly formed trade body for the modular housing sector, is delighted to be sponsoring Housing 2022.

We all know that UK housing is in crisis. For more than a generation the country has been unable to deliver the homes it so badly needs in sufficient quality or scale. Of course, there are many reasons for this and there is no silver bullet for the housing crisis, but modular housing is a crucial part of the solution.

The UK needs more homes, and fast. It needs homes which are green to build. It needs homes which use less energy. It needs homes to be great quality and good value. And it needs new people to build them.

A modular home is a high-quality, factory-built, precision-engineered place to live. Modular homes are built with up to 97% less embodied carbon. Cost 20% less to heat. Use 30% less energy and can be built in just 12 weeks.

By utilising advanced manufacturing processes, modular factories enhance productivity, reduce costs, and improve quality while creating new skilled jobs where they are most needed and building much-needed homes at a very fast pace.

Launched in parliament in December 2021, Make Modular was founded by Ilke Homes, TopHat, Laing O’Rourke, L&G Modular, Vision Modular Systems, and the trade body for the manufacturing sector Make UK. 

Most trade bodies, very reasonably, are focused on stability and incremental growth. With ‘what we have we hold’ being, understandably, the dominant mentality. Make Modular was set up for exactly the opposite reason.

The intent is for the new trade body to act as the voice for the modular housing sector ensuring that Government and stakeholders understand what the sector has to offer the country and give it the support it needs to transform our housing market.

By learning from industries such the automotive and aerospace sectors, and combining it with the best of construction, modular is able to explore more efficient and highly innovative approaches to housebuilding. For example, using a precision engineering system means modular providers can ensure minimal snagging and radically enhanced, guaranteed performance.

Since 2016, nearly £1 billion of private finance has been invested in modular housing R&D and the creation of new factories. The UK modular housing delivery has grown by more than 400% and thousands of new jobs have been created. The modular housing sector has already put the capacity in place to deliver more than 20,000 new homes per annum by 2025.

This is a transformative level of investment and a capacity for the housing market representing an unprecedented partnership opportunity for developers, local authorities, housing associations and Government. There is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to be grasped. Modular housing providers are ready to play our part by investing in new factories, creating new skilled jobs, and delivering the highest quality housing in the country.

By working in partnership with developers, local authorities, housing associations and national government modular housing can transform the country.

Over the course of Housing 2022 you’ll hear more about this as the team from Make Modular and our members will be speaking at a range of panels, attending roundtables and be available to meet up. In the meantime, you can find out more about Make Modular at:

Website Make UK Modular | Make UK

Email scole@makeuk.org

Linkedin Steve Cole | LinkedIn

Twitter Steve K Cole (@stevekeldcole) | Twitter

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