This holistic approach, involving their own capital in projects, sets them apart from competitors and allows for more control and efficiency across the entire project lifecycle.. 2.
What this means is that ultimately there are many different forms of P-DfMA which are appropriate.. With Platform construction (P-DfMA), we’ve attempted to take everything we’ve learned in our client work and embed it in a set of components that clients and the industry more generally can benefit from.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!We've already seen other sectors - entertainment, retail, music - being disrupted over the last 25 years.
Rather than resisting the process, the big players of the construction industry need to acknowledge the reality of where we’re heading.They should be evaluating the types of opportunities this will create and figuring out how to shape themselves in order to take advantage of those opportunities.
They need to work out how to address the vast, global market that’s on the way.We are now starting to see people considering these issues.. P-DfMA for the future.