These are the driving principles of P-DfMA and industrialised construction more generally..
Each project will use the same, standardised components.We hope that giving people the skills to perform a range of tasks, versus one repetitive task, will also lead to greater job satisfaction and productivity, as it has in the manufacturing industry..
Built assets in use: unlocking operational data through construction platform design.One of the struggles facing traditional construction is the fact that every building is a prototype.This means, even if (and it’s a big ‘if’) you have some structured, operational data, it only tells you about that particular asset type.
You won’t learn anything about the next building you build, as it will also be a prototype.Construction Platform design unlocks this problem with its consistency of components.
This uniformity of build means there is suddenly something meaningful to do with operational data.
Learning how the components perform, or how the facade systems are working, can help refine the components and make a better asset next time.She believes productising construction will form exactly such a reef.. What is productisation in construction?.
The way things currently stand in the construction industry, every building we create is essentially a prototype.This means that our built assets are riddled with all the inefficiency of one-off designs and custom components.
But just as people no longer have their shoes tailor-made by a shoe maker, it’s time for the construction industry to embrace change and forge a new path toward progress.As we stare down the barrel of a rapidly growing, global population and its associated infrastructure needs, alongside an aging construction workforce and a life-altering climate crisis, our current state of low productivity, non-transferable learnings, and high waste is no longer acceptable.. It’s these types of issues, and the associated risk, industrialised construction products and processes help to resolve.. Making the change with Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA).