Photo: FileThe prefab industry says it's at a critical tipping point, as it waits for the government's promised building reforms to get underway. It's been heralded as the affordable, efficient future of construction: manufacturing individual components of houses - or whole houses - completely offsite. Housing Minister Phil Twyford said prefabs would have a major part to play in delivering its 100,000 affordable homes. The prefab sector has long been crying out for that sort of commitment - long-term, big scale contracts that would justify scaling up. "If we don't then we would have wasted the best opportunity that's landed on our plates as a construction industry."

Source: Otago Daily Times March 14, 2019 20:15 UTC