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modular and prefabricated building components along with a.Design for Manufacture and Assembly processes doesn’t mean we’ll end up with low-quality buildings that all look the same.
In actuality, adopting this new way of working holds the key to tremendously positive and wide-reaching benefits for both people and the planet.. By adopting industrialised construction, we’ll produce.an increased quantity of high-quality, more sustainable buildings, which improve construction project safety and are also easier to build..Still, it’s going to require us to stretch ourselves, because there are a lot of misconceptions about the term DfMA, Marks says.
In the first place, DfMA is often used to mean prefab, which it doesn’t.Additionally, it’s important to recognize that a lot of DfMA principles and processes aren't necessarily specific to construction prefabrication.. “They're just good design principles.
Good for everybody,” she says.. To illustrate, Marks mentions that she once worked on a billion-dollar hospital project, originally planned with over 700 different types of bathroom.
The situation wasn’t beneficial for anyone involved, she says, and wasn’t sensible from either a build or operational perspective.If such an approach was applied to the local context, with components tailored for the unique construction and regulatory landscape of each country, a new manufacturing-led approach to construction could start to emerge and set an exciting new example for the Asia-Pacific region.. At Bryden Wood, we are excited to see DfMA playing an ever more mainstream role in the construction landscape in both Singapore and Hong Kong and we will do our best to support the industry in both countries in whatever ways we can..
If you'd like to continue to learn about our Design to Value approach and Modern Methods of Construction, sign up for our monthly newsletter here:.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesUK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have announced the results of last year’s Transforming Construction challenge.
It’s great news that our project with Landsec and Easi-Space – the world’s first major commercial development designed and built using the Platforms approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) – has been chosen and funded as one of the ‘.demonstrator projects’.