In 2014, the National Institute of Building Sciences Off-Site Construction Council set out to get an understanding of how the construction sector is using off-site construction techniques by conducting a survey of the building industry.

The following document is an introduction to Building Offsite. Funded by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES). The content was produced by an industry and academic collaboration of CCG (OSM), Stewart Milne Timber Systems, Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot Watt University in partnership with Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) (Figure 1). The wider UKCES project remit was to create a Scottish Offsite Construction HUB as a centre of expertise, responsible for defining and showcasing skills requirements and ensuring collaboration between professions.

Bathroom pods contribute to a cleaner and safer work environment, help reduce labor, materials, waste, and costs, and increase speed to occupancy.

Ryan E. Smith
Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Utah
Chair, National Institute of Building Sciences, O-site Construction Council
West Region Director, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture

Kevin Grosskopf, PhD
Professor of Construction Management, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chair, Academic Consortium of the National Institute of Building Sciences, O-site Construction Council

Jon Elliott, PhD
Assistant Professor of Construction Management, Colorado State University