We need to be monitoring what is actually going into buildings, compared to what we think should be going in.
Typically, a Reference Design will contain a number of repeated elements at varying scales (from key equipment to whole assets) that can be configured in a number of different ways (with more or less flexibility in how these are arranged depending on the asset type).. For some assets, the Reference Design can become the fixed design.The house blocks we designed for the.
Ministry of Justice prisons rollout.are a good example; highly standardised, they are identical on every site, only the number and orientation changes and is dictated by the prison population and aspect/prospect of the site.The UK prisons rollout is reporting dramatic reductions in delivery schedule with much improved certainty on just the second project to use this approach..
However, in other cases, where assets need to respond to site constraints and/or business needs, then the ability to adapt a Reference Design is critical to its usefulness.We have seen clients who already have Reference Designs (also called template designs).
However, with no rules for how to adapt this Reference Design to local sites, the delivery teams can end up unravelling it and are back with new designs..
Many, if not most clients, need designs that can respond to unique sites and needs e.g.However, spatial mapping can also be used to evaluate things like crane hook time and positioning, in order to drive productivity benefits.
At Bryden Wood, our work with kit-of-parts architecture and platform design for manufacture and assembly (P-DfMA) dramatically increases speed of assembly onsite.As a result, we’ve seen that inefficient hook time becomes an increasing problem, leaking value from this powerful MMC process.
It’s important that we use construction technology to improve these types of issues.. Standards and innovation in the Australian construction industry.Ultimately, the construction industry needs to find a balance between prescription and innovation.
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