Hot take · 10:42
// THE QUOTE
“if we learn anything from what our neighbors have done overseas”
— Brandon Searle · UNB Off-site Construction Research Centre (OCRC)
Self-contained warning that mandates favor big players and leave smaller firms staring at a black box — credible labour/regulation candor.
Full episode at 10:42How UNB's Off-site Research Centre Is Bringing Modular Construction to Atlantic Canada (And the Financial Risks GCs Need to Know) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
UK's BIM mandate (LOD 200 for all government projects) gave large firms a head start but left SMEs stranded; any Atlantic Canada mandate must include SME capacity-building.
“the smaller companies struggled and they saw it as this black box that they didn't know where to start”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
The Centre's Mission, Four Themes, and Applied Research Model
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SOURCE: 10:42 of How UNB's Off-site Research Centre Is Bringing Modular Construction to Atlantic Canada (And the Financial Risks GCs Need to Know)