Advanced manufacturing or offsite construction - call it what you will - is "unequivocally" the way forward, according to British Land's chief executive. Quizzed by Andrew Neil at last week's CN Summit, Chris Grigg talked about using an offsite approach for the Cheesegrater with Laing O'Rourke and how it had taken a similar approach on its super-prime resi and commercial Clarges development in Mayfair. One, an iconic London building forever wedded to London's skyline. The other, a scheme where apartments went for tens of millions of pounds at a time. Components for both projects were developed in a manufacturing facility in Steetley, Nottinghamshire.
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