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.
How do we drive that path to net-zero carbon emissions with greater impact on social value?These things are crucial to strategic policy, both in terms of the new assets that we build, and how we operate the existing ones.
As an industry, we have a moral obligation to do better.The current opportunity for transformation and progress in construction has arrived at a critical time..Evaluating Risk and Driving Value.
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.Our data analysts engage directly with clients to collect information about their processes and produce complex time-based models to simulate them and quantify the required inputs and resulting outputs..
This analytical work is diverse, ranging from a recent optimisation study for a pharmaceutical plant in Singapore, to a strategy for scaling up commercial supply of a new product, to investigating the likely production timescales for a future COVID-19 vaccine..Some might say that it is the role of the client to understand their process and of course that is correct.
However, a client is generally interested only in the process, its technical feasibility and ability to achieve their business needs.We are interested in designing a built envelope that houses the process in the most efficient way.. DATA ANALYSIS INFORMS ENGINEERING AND DESIGN.
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