Defining Reference Design

At Bryden Wood, we combine our core principle of Design to Value with an overarching digital methodology to deliver master plans that tackle the most complex of scenarios.

In ten years, he hopes to see the industry building the same amount in five days that it currently builds in six and a half.We need to use construction technology to enable workers to live more normally, he says, with businesses profiting as a result.

The answer isn’t simply to do more jobs, it’s to accomplish more while simultaneously improving quality of life for construction workers.McKinsey have discussed suicide rates in construction previously, as well as other difficulties the industry is facing.One of the core goals here is to return time back to the worker.. Lamont says much of this work is about humanising the workforce and humanising the workshop through technology.

Of course, the industry’s aging workforce and skills shortage means that we also need to make the industry more attractive for workers in order to overcome other problems we’re facing.We need to be clever in our approach to getting workers to engage with technology, because many of them are frightened and reticent about its adoption.

The solution lies in enabling access for people.

Lamont says it's important that consultants understand that and believes we also need to focus on getting more consultants back on construction sites.Delivery Platforms for Government Assets is primarily focused on buildings rather than infrastructure.

Without duplicating the content from the earlier book, this horizontal assets book highlighted some current, relevant initiatives that were being deployed for clients - including Highways England and Crossrail - that could be replicated as a standardised, P-DfMA approach across a range of horizontal infrastructure projects in the highways, rail and water sectors.. View and download here:.Data Driven Infrastructure: From digital tools to manufactured componenents..

Platforms: Bridging the gap between construction and manufacturing (2018).The purpose of this book is to build on.