Offsite manufacturing can be the real beneficiary from this crisis

By Dave Smith 2020-05-29T05:00:00

Industry needs to move to more sophisticated ways of working, says former Balfour Beatty boss Dave Smith

Once this pandemic is over, it will be very easy to return to the old ways - and some will. But, hopefully, most of the industry will see the bigger picture and adjust their business for the right sectors, scale, attitudes and work together for a better outcome.

A more successful recovery will occur if there is the sort of collaboration and proactive togetherness that we saw emanate after the Second World War and the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit that took off.

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