Our approach is to dismantle a process rigorously in order to analyse and optimise every single component, and then combine these into a repeatable, scalable solution.

You could say that we have learned similarly in the building of batteries; replicating and combining small cells works much better than trying to create large cells.The body itself carries on the advantages of scaling.

An organ contains some hundred billion cells and the body is made up of about 100 organs and limbs..If we look more broadly into the living world, we can see that size and scale are really important factors in function, efficiency, and survival.Human beings are not accidentally the size we are.

We’re a size that allows us to travel long distances.We developed in the Rift Valley in Africa, a landscape that was rapidly changing, in relative terms, creating new and diverse habitats.

To survive and exploit this, we needed to be able to travel, develop technologies (fire and tools), problem solve, and adapt.

Homo erectus, our earlier cousin, could do all these things and spread out globally surviving and developing for a million years.They’re bringing in young people and technology, Marks says..

However, regardless of the country, there are a few elements needed to make the shift to industrialised construction work: purpose, government support, academia, the involvement of young people, training, and complementary parts of the ecosystem - including industry and finance.. Education is a hugely important factor and Amy Marks has now written an eight-week course curriculum for Columbia University.It covers not only prefab but other industrialised construction topics such as how to look at MEP assemblies, manufacturing, automation, robotics, machine learning, AI, and construction platforms.

It’s unlike any other course in the world, and that’s the problem, Marks says.There isn’t anywhere for people to go to learn these things, so we can’t expect them to finish their education and be ready to enter the space.