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The need for these tools is on the rise as design and construction continue to tackle some of the largest issues an industry could face: low and declining productivity, poor predictability, shrinking workforce and skills shortages.Other industries have been able to embrace new approaches and technologies to see continual year-on-year increases in labour productivity and other areas.
As we move towards the future, construction firms will need to embrace construction automation and MMC, to create positive transformation in the industry.. Case study: DES for analysis of automated truss fabrication.Recently, Bryden Wood has collaborated with Tata Steel and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) on the FASTtruss project for automated design and fabrication of steel truss assemblies, for medium-to-large-span buildings.A truss is an assembly, typically made from timber or steel, which forms part of the structural frame of a building.
The aim of this project was to produce an automated design tool for a structural building system comprised of a small number of truss assemblies, that could then be mass produced in an automated factory..The truss system design is an automated, digital workflow which takes client requirements including geometrical constraints and preferred materials, and uses iterative parametric 3D modelling to develop individual truss designs.
Structural optimisation and validation are included as part of this process to ensure that the truss meets the required specification.
Once complete, these 3D models become a suite of outputs which can drive further analysis of the wider system.As each of his first two daughters, choose their own husbands against the wishes of their parents, he goes through personal moral debate and anguish.
Under review are the values he holds.Does he do what is deemed in his community as right?
How much does he value his love and respect for his children’s right to autonomy?He flexes, adjusts, evolves his views and approach.
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