At a time of change, Mark Farmer, CEO and Founding Director, Cast Consultancy discusses how things can be done differently to boost productivity and growth in the construction sector. Modern methods of construction, the drive towards digitisation, and new ways of collaboration are explored in this session.
Mark Farmer is CEO and a Founding Director of Cast Consultancy. He has over 30 years experience in construction and real estate and is a recognised international commentator on a variety of industry and policy related issues.
Mark authored the Farmer Review, an influential 2016 independent government review of the UK’s construction labour model entitled ‘Modernise or Die’.
In 2019 he was appointed as the Government’s Champion for Modern Methods of Construction in Housebuilding. Mark is a member of the Construction Leadership Council Senior Advisors Group, a national co-chair of Constructing Excellence, a technical advisor to Homes England, a board member of BE-ST, the chair of the West Midlands Combined Authority Future Homes Taskforce and is a trustee of the MOBIE educational charity.
