The original call
Original year: 2019
2026 assessment
Scorecard verdict: Hit
Hit. Off-site and modular construction is now mainstream language. By 2025 I was writing that moving up to 90 percent of construction activity off-site can accelerate timelines by as much as 50 percent — and naming the firms doing it. The factory-then-assemble model that sounded radical in 2019 is now a board-level strategy across the industry. The frame held.