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The task that lies ahead – and the project that will fundamentally reshape the landscape – is to define shared underlying rules that will allow the existing parts to connect, and facilitate the creation of new applications to plug the gaps and create onward connections.. Impact on key planning roles.

We’re focusing on the least amount of material, the lowest carbon materials, the highest levels of productivity.These are the driving principles of P-DfMA and industrialised construction more generally..

Automation in construction.In terms of maximising value, we must also address the reality that at present, the majority of an architect or designer’s time is spent documenting ideas, whereas in actuality, it is the creation of the idea in the first place which is the most value-adding element.One benefit of standardising components and adopting a P-DfMA approach is that we can document the rules around those components.

This in turn means we’re able to automate the design process (to a certain level), or certainly automate the production of the BIM model.. Standardising components and digitising workflows enables architects and designers to spend more time generating ideas and better designs, more time performing simulation and testing.Once the optimal design for a site is decided upon, the digital model, already aware of the required mechanical electrical components, wall types, doors, structural components and so on, is able to generate a LOD 400 bill of materials quality BIM model very quickly.. It’s worth stressing that using modern methods of construction in this way doesn’t mean taking jobs away from people.

There’s so much to be designed!

MMC will simply enable us to keep up with the needs of society.That is to say, payments will be instant and delivery onto site will happen automatically.

Additionally, these deliveries will be pre-coordinated with site activities and made by autonomous vehicles.This will make sure that components arrive exactly when needed and that deliveries place the least amount of stress on local infrastructure.. A for assembly in DfMA: automation in construction and fewer operatives on site.

At Bryden Wood, we’ve started an initiative called the Framework for Robotics and Automated Construction (F.R.A.C.).The purpose is to examine how we begin to design for automation, as well as to determine what level of automation is appropriate on-site.