Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Modern Construction Methods: Discussion

Mr. Ciar?n O'Connor:

We did, but some of what people would have referred to as modular would be more of a flat-pack system than the three dimensional element that I illustrated and that is craned in. There has been huge confusion about which one is involved. Without being too technical, with the volumetric build everything is finished and it just dropped on site. The other unit goes in as a flat pack and has to be assembled. You need slimmer things on site, but you might be a bit quicker in the factory making them all. However, you do not have the whole unit.

To give the Deputy an example, of the sites that were offered to us, 85% were unsuitable for building on so we had to survey-----

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