Blocks and island structures were assigned across several companies and shipyards before final assembly at Rosyth. This modular approach broadened the programme's economic and political constituency while sharing training and technical work around the country. It also avoided forcing one yard to hire a huge temporary workforce that would expect higher pay because employment would collapse after the two ships were complete. The intended wider payoff was to leave several yards with improved skills and facilities that could support later naval or commercial orders.
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Distributed block construction as industrial policy
The carrier alliance spread modules among British yards to accelerate work, distribute skills and spending, and avoid a single yard's temporary labour surge.