Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Modern Construction Methods: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Pat Kirwan:

Just to come in there, from a lessons point of view, the RIAI has launched guidance on design for manufacturing and approved assembly. One of the biggest aspects of procurement and the measures of procurement are not just from the point of view of construction but also from a design point of view. If we as an industry look back at how those houses be procured at public level, design stage and through construction, we can see that they are almost siloed. A big lesson we have learned is to bring those together, to remove those silos and to come together with one approach to procurement. That includes design, construction, articulating the benefits and really driving forward.