I have tried to summarise the above in simple terms to illustrate how the DfMA landscape can be viewed in the context of the industry.. DfMA is a design approach that considers ways to efficiently construct buildings by manufacturing and assembling their constituent parts..
Value drivers aren’t exactly the same from one country to the next, and so we’ll need to help them make choices based on what’s best for their own local needs, projects and communities..Although our technical services and products are becoming increasingly exportable and marketable, we need a more cohesive and collaborative approach regarding how we bring that UK construction value proposition to market.
It may be that BIM unlocks value, or value unlocks finance, or finance unlocks BIM, but there is a real chance to develop a ‘UK brand’ construction approach that we can sell internationally.We don’t want to compete on how cheaply we can provide labor and concrete.We want to compete on how much value we can add, and how we can help support the delivery of infrastructure and development plans of economies throughout the world..
The Construction Leadership Council and Developing a UK Value Proposition.There can be no doubt that the UK has a crucial role to play in shaping the future of the construction industry.
The Construction Leadership Council, working very closely with the Department for International Trade, has started to address this.
They’re considering what it means for consultants like Bryden Wood, Mott MacDonald, Arup and others, as well as the big contractors and construction managers.The government recommends that all building owners and occupiers undertake a COVID-19 risk assessment before moving back into their office buildings.
The health and safety of occupants is of paramount importance.But this moment also gives you an opportunity to make small changes to the way your systems operate; to make meaningful improvements to the efficiency of systems, control your energy bills and limit the impact of increased ventilation on the environment.105 Sumner Street - designed for development by Landsec - will be the first major building completed using our Platform Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) approach from building design to delivery.. P-DfMA is a versatile and customisable construction system for commercial, residential and other building types.. P-DfMA consists of common parts, all made from readily available materials, which have been designed to go together in rehearsed ways.
Each part of the platform system has been designed to value based on its performance requirements..This standard kit of parts can be configured to offer a broad range of building products without limiting design ambition.