Description
The UK Government has joined the private sector in its commitment to a Platforms approach to industrialized construction and DfMA, outlining how this process underpins UK policy for social infrastructure in its ‘Construction Playbook’.
The supporting plan to unify and mobilize data seeks to identify cross-department commonalities to inform the centralized, standardized design that will create economies of scale great enough to supply predictable, consistent pipelines and bolster a disaggregated manufacturing supply chain. Plugged into the existing supply chain, the barrier to entry is low, with no need for vertical integration or investment in manufacturing/prefabrication. As a result, opportunities for new programme-level roles will arise.
Already a major feature in the procurement of 40 UK healthcare facilities, not only is this approach transforming the way the UK delivers public sector assets, but it is also paving the way for swift mainstream adoption.
Key Learnings
- How we can think across sectors to gain the powerful economies of scale that have allowed the manufacturing sectors to thrive
- How we can think at portfolio, not project, level to create rationalized, optimized repeatable designs.
- How we can encourage a distributed network of shared components to support a disaggregated manufacturing pipeline.
- How we adapt & create new roles - from architects to owners, GC’s, subcontractors & manufacturers - to support this approach
Speaker
Jaimie Johnston MBEJaimie joined Bryden Wood – an integrated practice of architects, analysts, engineers, creative technologists and industrial designers – shortly after its formation in 1995. Jaimie leads the application of systems to the delivery and operation of high performing assets. This includes design for manufacture and assembly (DfMA) solutions and new data-led, digital workflows for government and private sector clients in the UK, US, Europe and Asia. Jaimie was the co-author of the benchmark strategy documents, ‘Delivery Platforms for Government Assets’, and ‘Platforms: Bridging the gap between construction + manufacturing’. These have been adopted as a foundation for the UK Government’s initiative to create a more productive, value-driven construction sector. Jaimie is the Design Lead for the Construction Innovation Hub, which was established to drive innovation and technological advances in the UK construction and infrastructure sectors. In June 2021 Jaimie was awarded an MBE for Services to Construction.
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