In January 2024, we wrote the blog “Design or production—what should the construction industry be learning from the automotive industry?” The blog explored Volkswagen’s MQB platform and asked whether housing could adopt a similar approach: common room modules, coordinated components and flexibility in how homes are configured. Nearly three years later, that question feels increasingly relevant to our work at Creu Cartref. One platform, different products Volkswagen’s MQB pro

A National Pilot The UK Government has committed £85 million to the Industrialising and Digitalising Construction Challenge, with Liverpool City Region leading the first pilot. What's interesting isn't simply the scale of the investment. It's what the programme is trying to achieve. Rather than focusing on one construction system or one new technology, the ambition is to create a more connected and repeatable way of delivering housing. The programme explores common digital in

Building on our blog 'Creu Cartref Is Evolving: From Ideas to a Housing Delivery Ecosystem', we delve into why it's necessary in the industry. Every housing project is unique. Every site has different constraints. Every community has different needs. That will never change—and nor should it. But does every housing project need to reinvent the way it is delivered? For decades, the housing industry has accepted a process where each project assembles a new team, recreates techni

Interesting article from the Financial Times drawing a similar comparison to ourselves between Lego and moduralization: ‘we could work...