These are guys who live, breathe, eat, drink and sleep manufacturing, who understand how to apply it to these spaces.
Adopting a DfMA Mindset.Successfully realising the benefits of DfMA is not easy, especially for complex projects like battery factories.
Simply converting a design into prefabricated parts can add logistical complexity, transport costs, and supply chain fragmentation, while also forcing design compromises..The key to successful DfMA is embedding the mindset early on, rather than identifying small prefabrication opportunities late in the process.. For DfMA to deliver its full value, the right team must be in place from the start, including designers, specialist consultants, the client, the general contractor, and the supply chain.Clients must understand the challenges and believe in the approach.
The targeted benefits of DfMA should guide workflows, approvals, and decision-making from the outset.. DfMA Starts with Design.To maximise the benefits of DfMA, plants must first be designed rationally and efficiently.
Without a well-designed building, the DfMA approach will be applied to an inefficient design, diluting its benefits or even introducing costs and complexity..
Battery plants typically have extremely large footprints to accommodate the linear assembly process.This Group’s work was documented in ‘.
Delivery Platforms for Government Assets.’ and was influential in Chancellor Philip Hammond’s November 2017 Budget Statement, which endorsed MMC and committed the government to drive its adoption..
Meanwhile, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), who implemented the mandatory use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in public sector works, funded Bryden Wood and the MTC to develop further the cross-fertilisation of manufacturing and construction.In March 2018, we worked together on an event, ‘Transforming Construction’, which showcased a Platform approach to DfMA and launched the book ‘.
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