Process engineering and MMC: a Design to Value approach

The Construction Innovation Hub is funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Construction Sector Deal as part of the Transforming Construction Challenge.

These include the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), the Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Cambridge Center for Digital Built Britain (CDBB), and other industry partners, including tech-powered design firm, Bryden Wood.Jaimie Johnston, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood, is The Construction Innovation Hub’s Design Lead and the author of the definitivebooks on Platform construction.

The Hub’s collective vision is to build more safely, to a higher quality and with all round better value.In other words, the Construction Innovation Hub asks, how can we get more from UK construction, and how can we do it in a way which supports the industry to prosper and grow?.Shaping the future of construction with a collaborative, P-DfMA approach.

The reality of transforming construction presents a serious challenge, one which requires a uniquely broad and long-term viewpoint.As a result, the initiative really must be headed by a government client.

This is why the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) set out their vision for a Platform construction (P-DfMA) approach, focusing on digitally driven, standardised, cross-sector components.

Government is also uniquely positioned to take on the challenge of implementing a new, industrialised construction approach, as they have the resources required for in-depth research and development.That said, there will be risks going forward and we need to guard against them.

We’ve got to try and avoid bad practices -and report them.We can’t focus exclusively on ‘cheap,’ driving a race to the bottom.

The focus must be on broader value.In terms of implementing policy decisions, we need to provide more evidence, more data, more measurement.