At Bryden Wood, our Creative Technologies team has been working alongside the London Borough of Southwark, the Centre for Digital Built Britain and 3D Repo to advance the issue..
There is great scope for the construction industry to innovate and develop new MMC methods to expand the toolkit and enhance the DfMA designer’s ability to achieve benefits on future construction projects..Under the MHCLG categorisation, volumetric modular construction (known in Singapore as Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction or PPVC and in Hong Kong as Modular Integrated Construction or MiC) is an example of a 3D primary structural system..
In addition to volumetric solutions, many other different MMC methods including flat-pack and componentised systems are primarily prefabricated and are often grouped under the umbrella term “Offsite”..The future of construction: not just components.The MHCLG categorisation of MMC is comprehensive and includes the application of digital tools to drive productivity improvements both on site and in factories.
The use of digital tools is an important part of DfMA which relies on capturing knowledge about how a building will be delivered from the earliest stages..The rapid pace of change in digitisation has created a great opportunity to integrate DfMA into projects in ways not previously possible.
Data contained within digital objects can be used to explore, test and validate construction methods from the earliest project stages..
The role of the designer is evolving to include the creation and maintenance of digital assets with great potential value.The good news is that we’ve already seen this happening more recently, in terms of developing policy responses to the pandemic.
Whereas, previously, the government has simply implemented policies, we’re now seeing a more collaborative approach, in the form of The Construction Playbook and Industrial Strategy.The government is now actively working with industry to make sure new policies can be implemented.
It’s thinking about long-term delivery and it recognises the need to be working with industry to achieve that goal..Broadening value outcomes with ‘Build Back Better’.
(Editor: Smart Projectors)