It’s a space which continually upends expectations - a structure of steel and concrete, much of which was built offsite..
an increased quantity of high-quality, more sustainable buildings, which improve construction project safety and are also easier to build..Still, it’s going to require us to stretch ourselves, because there are a lot of misconceptions about the term DfMA, Marks says.
In the first place, DfMA is often used to mean prefab, which it doesn’t.Additionally, it’s important to recognize that a lot of DfMA principles and processes aren't necessarily specific to construction prefabrication.. “They're just good design principles.Good for everybody,” she says.. To illustrate, Marks mentions that she once worked on a billion-dollar hospital project, originally planned with over 700 different types of bathroom.
The situation wasn’t beneficial for anyone involved, she says, and wasn’t sensible from either a build or operational perspective.Ultimately, her team whittled the final total down to a mere seven types - a change that worked better on every level of the project.. Talking transformation: ‘Industrialised Construction’ & ‘MMC.’.
One of the challenges we’re facing is that, on a very basic level, the construction industry has an issue with language.
Terms lose their meaning, or are used to mean different things by different people, Marks says.But it’s important to see that it has not come in isolation.
It is a big step on a journey that is a direct result of support and collaboration between UK government, key industry players and a new supply chain.. All the learnings from the Sumner Street project will be fed back into the work of the CIH, continuing the virtuous cycle; this initiative was promoted by government at the start, and is now demonstrating how that initial support is bearing fruit and will continue to do so..It is through collaborative approaches like this between government and the private sector that we can achieve value-driven transformation of the sector and bring enormous benefit to the built environment and society more broadly.. On 8 July 2020, Chancellor Rishi Sunak committed funding to modern methods of construction in his Plan for Jobs..
The story continues.The use of robotics in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry is very appealing, mainly because of the increase in productivity and quality that automation is expected to achieve..In order to fully realise these benefits, though, the industry must first question which of our current processes should be automated and which should be re-thought..