So new businesses can be built on top of Platform approaches; in this case, addressing a gap in the market for customers who don’t want the expense of a fully bespoke kitchen, but do want some individuality.. What can we learn?.
Platforms: Bridging the gap between construction and manufacture.Applying a digital methodology to organic complexity.Authors: Steven Tilkin and Tanya Oram..
There are many ways to approach master planning in 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.This enables us to give clients overall clarity and big-picture understanding, together with highly detailed recommendations and a range of practical, prioritised solutions..
Recent clients like GSK, Johnson Matthey and MSD have all faced similar problems: large and complex sites that have developed organically over time, resulting in some parts being highly utilised and others much less so, or even being mothballed altogether and standing unused.. For each site, creating a master plan is initially about bringing to life the full range of issues for that site, and exploring multiple layers of value drivers – financial, operational, environmental, aesthetic, attractiveness for investment, and so on – and not just for the status quo, but also modelling future scenarios.An effective master plan gives the client clarity, understanding and tools for improvement.. A Design to Value master plan is not simply a design, or a set of drawings or visuals for a site.
It is a means to understand current processes and activities, and plan for their development in what may be a changing and unpredictable environment, with multiple stakeholders and agendas..
The very process of creating such a plan – gathering all the relevant information and data and presenting it back to clients in a structured way – is in itself a highly productive exercise, allowing people to pull back from the detail of day-to-day operations, and take a more holistic view of what they are doing.The benefits of IoT in construction.
The temporary nature of construction sites also impacts the role of IoT technology onsite.In fact, much of the information we’re able to take from the process, and many of the details about how things are being put together, has already disappeared by the time the concrete has set and we’ve got the finishes on the walls.
By that point, we’ve often begun discussing other, internal elements, such as technology related to the temperature of the building..Ultimately, this means that many important uses for construction technology are being missed.
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