However, our prevailing view is that timber is the best structural option, particularly in designs driven by carbon.
Once the government established the BIM requirement, there was propagation to the private sector..Defining the Need.
As a result of the Infrastructure Projects Authority and the National Infrastructure Pipeline, we now have more clarity surrounding the issue of what needs to be delivered, for who, and the timescales.Although that’s been available for some time, the conversations around commonality are a significant shift.The Construction Innovation Hub’s work last year with the Defining the Need Report looked at the specific pipelines of infrastructure delivery (particularly social infrastructure), and analyzed what specification requirements were already in place, their maturity, and how much common ground existed..
The level of significant overlap was surprising.Over fifty percent of the estates were not unique in any way.
And yet, the way these programs are being delivered is incredibly diverse, which simply doesn’t make economic sense.
Identifying this reality and presenting it in such a clear and accessible way has garnered a lot of support from the government.Conventional design either has a presumption towards conventional construction or is agnostic regarding the construction method.
Conversely, a DfMA design is developed to be constructed in a particular way..When designing for manufacture and assembly, the designer must find the best way to meet the client’s requirements by considering the most efficient way to manufacture elements of the building and the most efficient way to assemble them on site.
Manufacturing and assembly processes can be carried out in off-site or near-site factories and consolidation centres and also within the site itself.. DfMA means the designer needs to consider the construction methods that will be used from early in a project.Furthermore, to construct a building that has been designed using DfMA the builder needs to understand the basis of the design and how it has informed the construction approach.
(Editor: Durable Detergents)