As a result, these are particularly important factors to consider in the design and construction of pharmaceutical facilities..
Our global population is increasing rapidly – it’s estimated to reach 11.5 billion by 2050.So there’s an unavoidable need to create high-quality and sustainable infrastructure for vast numbers of people, including housing, education, healthcare and transport.
At the same time, our environment demands change, with the building and construction industry contributing a staggering 39% of global carbon emissions.We must alter the way we design and build dramatically, both to keep pace with the needs of society and to prevent the acceleration of global warming.. At Bryden Wood, we are showing how this can be achieved through a process of industry collaboration and the adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC).By MMC, we mean all forms of innovation in construction - physical forms like P-DfMA, as well as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), robotics, data, automation, point cloud surveys, and so on… This is all in addition to the frequently used term ‘offsite’ which, in fact, only represents one aspect of MMC, or industrialized construction.
We aren’t exclusively referring to the process of manufacturing large modules in factories and moving everything off construction sites.Although offsite will certainly form part of the solution, we propose to use a full range of new techniques and technologies, including platform design.
Our approach creates an entirely new way of working, one which sets out to achieve the best possible outcomes right from the start.
This makes sure that the goals of quality, efficiency, suitability, productivity and sustainability inform every stage of the process.. By adopting a way of working that includes P-DfMA and a standard component design programme, we can achieve repeatable and consistent quality, and also facilitate operational and delivery excellence across projects.In the simplest terms, I’m talking about e-commerce: buying and selling online.
I’ll develop this much further below, but a digital marketplace for construction would allow clients to publish their requirements for standard components or repeatable designs, for example, and allow a wide range of suppliers to bid to supply them..This is obviously predicated on consistency of demand; when every construction project is bespoke, it’s impossible for manufacturers (other than material suppliers who make highly standardised, commoditised products like rebar) to develop products that are likely to be used repeatedly.
But consistency of demand will come with other forms of progress, like widespread adoption of construction Platforms.We will come back to this as well..