Then there is our work here in the UK with Platform construction (P-DfMA).
For Bryden Wood, an attractive aspect of both Singapore and Hong Kong has been the enthusiasm and commitment to drive construction productivity improvement through innovation.We have been working hard to move the conversation forward in both markets.
Volumetric DfMA solutions have their applications and it has been great to see some successful projects delivered in this way, however there is a growing awareness that PPVC/MiC is not a one-size-fits-all solution to every construction problem but rather one possible tool in a spectrum of opportunities afforded by DfMA.. At Bryden Wood, we believe there is a way to deliver a wide spectrum of building types efficiently, safely and productively using standardised components.For more than two decades Bryden Wood has been breaking down buildings to kits of component parts and looking for ways to deliver different types of projects using the same constituent parts.This work has culminated in our Platforms approach to building, developed in close consultation with the UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) which recently led to the UK Government issuing a call for evidence on a Platform approach for DfMA (P-DfMA).. We define a platform as a set of components used for creating a range of products.
An analogy in the manufacturing sector would be a set of mechanical parts that is used to create the standardised chassis that sits inside many different models of car.Recent decades have seen rapid change in manufacturing efficiency driven by whole sectors working with a defined range of components to enable rapid innovation to take place.
Mass production encourages continual improvement in component design and manufacture, speeding up product evolution..
Conclusion: Construction Platforms, a Way Forward.is our unifying approach to finding the most efficient route to the optimal solution by analysing and understanding every facet of a problem..
In both projects we took a methodical approach to building a thorough understanding of the process, breaking it down into its component parts, considering these from every angle and configuring them in the optimal way to meet the project’s unique challenges: supplying a new life-saving drug in the shortest time possible, or delivering a best-in-class API plant on time and budget during a pandemic..Both the Parma Attachment Inhibitor and Singapore API Plant were highly complex projects with many stakeholders and technical challenges to overcome.
Collaboration and engagement with the client in an open, exploratory way was critical to managing this complexity.. Much contemporary design practice seeks to reduce complexity through specialisation –fragmenting responsibility until nobody has a clear view of the whole.Our approach was to embrace this complexity, viewing it through the lens of value drivers to find and bridge the gap between the existing and desired state.. As explained in our book.
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