1. How do we address the skills crisis?
Alan Yates
Executive Director of Regeneration
Accord Housing/Local Homes

2. The scale of the problem
Britain must recruit over 400,000 people each year to deliver housing and infrastructure need
Of those, 371,000 are required for housing alone
Brexit job losses
Hard Brexit 214,000
Soft Brexit 136,000

3. Time for change - Arcadis
Companies will typically only make operational changes if there is a direct benefit to the bottom line
The time has now come
Modern Methods of Construction such as offsite manufacturing, robotics and Building Information Modelling (BIM) have been available for some time but remain seriously underused
Yahgee Modular, 42 acre factory, Changshu

4. Farmer Review

5. Farmer Review

6. Farmer Review

7. Farmer Review

8. Farmer Review - recommendations
Recommendation 3: Industry, clients and government should work together to improve relationships, increase investment in R&D and innovation in construction by changing from traditional to pre-manufactured approaches Recommendation 8: Government should promote the use of premanufactured solutions through institutional investment in the private rented sector; promotion of more pre- manufactured social housing or direct commissioning of pre-manufactured housing (or mix of each)

9. Offsite manufacturing at Accord
Low Carbon Living
Training and employment
Manufacture for Accord and others
High quality, ISO 9001, CML
Each home manufactured in a day
Each home can be erected in 1-5 days
Improved environmental performance
In manufacture
In use
Value for Money
Improved sound insulation
Target waste reduction 5% (achieving 2.5%)

10. Design, manufacture and….build
Client-led
Integrated team
In-house Construction Services Team
Target 10%-15%savings
Local sub-contractors
Improved programme delivery
Building Information Management (BIM)

11. The Local Homes roll-out

12. Apprenticeships Challenges Work ready Low pay Transport Site locations
Accommodation
Ongoing employment
The Housing offer
Pre-employment support
Shared housing
Travel assistance
Links with contractors, sub- contractors
Direct employment

13. Thank you localhomes.co.uk