Housebuilder Berkeley Homes’ new modular housing factory, capable of delivering up to 1,000 homes a year, will go into production later this year, the firm has revealed.
The new facility in Northfleet in Kent promises to manufacture homes using automated and digitally integrated production technologies from the aerospace and automotive sectors.
Berkeley claimed that it would allow it to reduce the carbon footprint of its homes at every stage of the product lifecycle, as well as increase productivity, reduce waste, improve safety and produce a ‘golden thread’ digital record capture for every module produced.
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