Only by building with factory precision can the next government hit housing targets

By Christy Hayes 2024-07-04T06:00:00

The parties’ election pledges to build more houses will remain unattainable using traditional methods, writes Tide Construction’s Christy Hayes

Polling day is upon us and now it is decision time. Among a host of promises, all the leading political parties have said they will deliver hundreds of thousands of new homes over the course of the next parliament. Regardless of their best intentions, achieving those numbers will remain an impossible task until we reach a breakthrough in the UK construction industry’s productivity.

Last month, the Construction Industry Training Board’s report made this clear: the UK needs another 250,000 construction workers to keep up with the sector’s forecasted growth over the next five years.

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