Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Martin Searson:

You have to think that this is a production mindset. They are carrying fixed capital costs. In traditional project management, they can move labour and staff. If they are stuck in a factory based in Ireland, they need to have constant throughput in their factories. They might get an order for 40 units, but could be sitting idle for five or ten weeks with no order. They need another batch order. They are constantly chasing work. That is what we talked about with certainty and the volumetrics. They have preventative maintenance in case the machines or tools go down in the factory. They refine their processes and Enterprise Ireland helps them with the innovation voucher. They work in a lean manner and they have looked at how they orientate the factory very well. They have learned over the years not to move the modules or components around, but to move the labour force around them. They have feeder systems. There are people and labour as well, which they have to carry and pay for every week. That must be taken into consideration.

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