An architect’s inability to spend time developing the brief – and in many cases being cast as simply ‘another consultant’ rather than an enabler and driver of a process – means that the most critical part of a project might simply follow the flow of least resistance.
That said, construction Platform design does help to change that risk profile dramatically and to reduce the amount of risk on a construction project..If we take another look at what the UK government is doing through the Construction Innovation Hub, we can see that they are looking to aggregate construction demand across different departments.
By harmonising the standards and requirements, and developing standardised components, they are creating a huge, central body of knowledge.This library of common solutions will, in turn, mean that on each project, none of the construction design work necessarily needs to be done from scratch.Combining standardisation with the digital design tools that create better-coordinated models and data-rich designs, along with program cost and supply chain data embedded in the model, is powerful.
Add in the Hub’s work on introducing APQP, and we will get a level of consistency into components, which will deliver a real benefit.We believe having this greater provenance over our components addresses the question of warranties and insurance, and creates a much lower risk profile on a construction project.
What’s more, the idea of pre-prototyping components before we get to site should mean there is very little left to learn.
Ultimately, this creates far fewer opportunities for snags and delays.. Reducing risk in construction and attracting investors.There used to be days when I felt like I was carrying a heavy backpack full of rocks uphill.
But now there's an army behind me, a battalion.There's like, countries with armies behind us.
And I think you've probably felt the same way.Sometimes it felt pretty lonely out there.