The question is, can technology, especially robotics, speed up the process once shovels are in the ground.
With housing, lack of supply against rising demand adds up to unaffordable housing and it’s a crisis not just in the densely populated GTA but across Canada and in other parts of the world. Once approved, however, there are other issues. The province says it will work to free up provincial and municipal land for housing but that doesn’t address issues such as skilled labour shortages and costs.The shortage of skilled trades is still the biggest concern moving forward, especially in the ICI sector and that’s where robotic technology may see opportunities.
Where he hopes to win converts is in the lower cost of entry to modular construction. The flexibility of the Promise system means costs are not defrayed over just the one project and the arrangement is more of a lease or rental agreement. So far there have been no discussions with either the federal or provincial government as to how this model can be harnessed to speed up the supply of housing.