Mr. Frank Kelly:

I beg to differ. Great strides have been made as regards modern methods of construction. There is a slight misunderstanding about the process we are going through. Modern methods of construction will speed up the construction process but it is about scalability and economies of scale. Unfortunately, until there is enough adoption of that, off-site construction will come at a premium. The question is, who pays the premium? From the client perspective, if modern methods of construction are built into the project from the outset and the cost is encompassed at that stage, these methods can be embraced. However, if you are expecting contractors to reverse-engineer modern methods of construction into a traditional-build process, there is a premium involved and somebody has to pay it. Unfortunately, it does not always work out to be viable. It is about early adoption and scalability. We have a number of operators in precast and general off-site volumetric or two-dimensional construction that are now scaling up but they need visibility to be able to scale up their operations to cater for what the industry might need.