As a result of a link fostered by TCN+ with the Construction Innovation Hub, The Hub is now supporting Dr. Beach with some of his leading work.
The parts will be interoperable and there will be common interface standards and rules.If a new, highly energy-efficient product creates local jobs, then we’ll need a clear route to market for that product, as well as a value-based decision about how it’s deployed.
At the moment, however, this isn’t really possible, because we don’t have a clear set of rules.We have too many non-interoperable systems and ecosystems.Our current decisions are based on cost, rather than value and outcomes.
Initial capital costs and whole-life costs will always be important, but all of the various value metrics and value drivers need to be considered alongside them..Therefore, another solution which might evolve in the process of transforming construction would be the creation of a digital marketplace.
Such a scenario would stipulate certain quality and ethical thresholds for supplier participation.
It could be similar to an Amazon model, but with products, sub-assemblies and systems supporting and providing value-driven data.We began to use the term ‘Platforms’ (P-DfMA) while working with the UK Government Ministry of Justice (MOJ), the Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC).
It was the MTC that first introduced us to the concept of Platforms.The MOJ wanted to design a new type of prison focused on rehabilitation.
We realised that the manufacturing component of the construction process could be taught to serving prisoners, helping to train them in marketable skills for use on release, and aiding rehabilitation.We also realised that the sort of P-DfMA systems we were designing for the MOJ could then be transferred across to other government infrastructure projects, thereby facilitating the wider adoption of these beneficial, lean construction processes.. Bryden Wood published the first book on platform design in 2017 (.