It enables speed of installation through on-site assembly of prefabricated and pre-assembled parts in a safe and controlled manner.
The Forge is a world first, an office building created using a platform based (P-DfMA) approach to design and construction.The project aims to produce the UK’s first net-zero carbon commercial building.
With this innovative project we’re witnessing years of development work coming to fruition, which is better enabling us to understand both the challenges and the benefits of this new process on a deeper level..If we truly aim to create a better future for construction, we must first recognise that implementing a new way of working will require a process of continual learning and progress.We need to be documenting, capturing, sharing and improving our processes, not just finishing a project with relief and moving to the next one.
Approaching our processes from a mindset of constant questioning and exploration, with a goal of deeper understanding, is what really gets people thinking and seeing things differently.This is how we’ll create real change.. Kit-of-parts and the Value Toolkit.
When the Construction Innovation Hub began, the intention was for a project management strategy focused on iteration and development.
The goal was to develop a kit-of-parts approach that could be implemented with manufacturing processes, assembled in standardised ways, in standardised environments.This is much more effective than a conventional approach where you might produce engineering drawings or documentation and then hand them to a user group who will then take additional time to review and pass comment.
And, of course, if people are fully involved in generating solutions, they're more likely to adopt them..Visual information is vital in communicating complex issues.
A generally accepted principle in systems thinking is that diagrams are required to convey complex issues in a way that text generally can't.. We also use modeling and data visualisation, to ensure that decisions are based on facts and data, rather than opinion and hunches.Transparency of data sources and decision-making is important, because it gives people confidence in the analysis and the proposed solutions..