And crucially, they provide the common language for communication between all the different people involved in executing that project..
Our goal is to bring about maximum benefit for the wider industry and society.We encourage our clients to join us on this journey by allowing others to benefit from the knowledge and systems we create for each project.
This creates a kind of reinforcing circle across the public and private sectors.By working together, we believe the industry can apply these transformative, design to value processes at scale and thereby deliver enormous benefit for the world..In fact, we’re already seeing a wide range of benefits from the adoption of Platforms (P-DfMA) and our wider approach using modern methods of construction.
Our recent work in the UK with Landsec on a modular office building project has demonstrated the following advantages: the automation of processes leading to a 30-50% reduction in the numbers of people onsite, an increase in safety as a result of reduced work at height, lower capital costs with a 25% reduction in materials due to component optimisation, and a 13% improvement in speed.Already impressive, we expect these metrics will only continue to improve over time.. Design to Value.
The starting point, and where we must begin in order to truly maximise the benefits that P-DfMA and MMC make possible, is to rework our core processes (design, procure, construct, operate) around a central, driving principle: process-led design.
In other words, we must begin with the manufacture and assembly process in mind.Transforming construction and the shift towards social value, net-zero carbon emissions, data and platform construction.
A game-changing shift is taking place in the construction industry.The extraordinary difficulty of COVID-19 has created new urgency in our drive to transform construction, accelerating both the pace of change within the sector and our appetite for it..
The UK government’s Build Back Better initiative highlights a move away from our long-held and narrow focus on efficiency.Instead, we're beginning to turn towards much broader value outcomes: increased safety, net-zero carbon emissions, improved build quality, social value and more.