Commitment and investment by home builders and the skills challenge John Slaughter, Director of External Affairs

The home builder’s mind set Is there something better? What enables me to set off from base camp? We face a lot of commercial risk already There’s many possible options out there

One word is key

Drivers and constraints Increasing supply (300k) But larger firms’ 75% increase in 4 years: future growth steadier Offsite needs to support diverse product and more diverse industry Skills capacity Shortage of the right people a challenge for traditional build But offsite brings skills and training needs too Scale and cost With scale should be cost-competitive How to achieve given product range and market risks? Quality Offsite offers prospect of consistent quality/ performance But are there compromises in terms of product range/ design options?

Attracting New People to Key Roles – for every extra ten thousand houses we need approximately - Bricklayer 2500 Plumber 300 Wall & Floor Tiler 150 Assistant/Site Manager 400 Quantity Surveyor 60 Sales Advisor Engineer Carpenter 1000 Groundwork/Plant Operative Electrician Roof Slater and Tiler Plasterer/Dryliner over 8000 new recruits into the twelve key roles Key Directly employed Sub-contracted

Resilience of supply chain Other considerations Resilience of supply chain Avoiding systemic failures Enabling full customisation

There are already many willing explorers