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:

I would say Switzerland and Austria. Progressive Switzerland built a 100-storey timber frame cross-laminate building. Norway is also very progressive - the Nordics again. They implemented schemes in the past. In Sweden, there was the 1 million homes project scheme in which, over a few years, it did a framework for 1 million houses, to be modular. They are the countries that are leading. Through research and innovation, Construct Innovate could examine and collaborate with those European research bodies and develop it further.

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