Connected Places Summit 2026: Industrialised Construction - The Viability Breakthrough?

Modern Methods of Construction have promised transformation before and fallen short. Explore the evolution to Industrialised Construction and what’s changed: stronger pipelines, better digital standards, maturing manufacturing capability, and coordinated public‑sector demand. In this session from the Connected Places Summit, the panel examine how these shifts can finally close the viability gap and unlock the market for industrialised construction, making large‑scale housing and new towns deliverable, investable and genuinely lower‑risk. The session was chaired by Melissa Zanocco OBE, Director, Growth Mission Accelerator, UKRI, with Jeff Endean, Director, Cast, Jamie Hillier, Partner, Akerlof, Keith Waller, Director of industrialised construction, High Value Manufacturing Catapult, and Krithika Ramesh, Head of Built Environment and Urbanism Engagement, Connected Places Catapult