Not only that, I suspect some of the current players will disrupt their own business models to broaden the range of services and income streams they're able to generate.. We’re also likely to see some contractors start to diversify the services they offer, or broaden their range of products.
In the digital design environment, we experiment with a huge number of permutations of components, introducing variables, then measuring, iterating and refining, over and again..Adopting this Design to Value approach, enables us to see how small changes in one component can have a dramatic consequence at a later stage.
And conversely, we can trace inefficiencies and anomalies back to their source.By modelling the effect of several variables simultaneously we can build in flexibility where it’s needed to ensure future viability when circumstances change, which, as current events should teach us, they will.. From the earliest stages, we work with 3D visualisations of processes and physical assets.This allows users to take a virtual reality walk through the process, to test the physical environment and anticipate any issues.
It’s proven to be very helpful for people to be able to interact with a potential solution in this immersive way, making it much easier to articulate requirements and assess solutions.. Standardisation and automation in construction.There are elements of some processes that are unique and so will require a bespoke built solution.
But there are also many elements that are, or could be, automated or standardised across multiple processes in one or more sectors and industries.
Discovering standardisation adds its own value; not having to reinvent the wheel with every project; being able to apply the learning gathered from previous projects to the current one; and resource and cost efficiencies in all stages of design and production..Ensuring that communication is clear and unambiguous, so the parties receiving it can generate the maximum benefit..
In 2022, he co-authored the RIBA-published book:.Jaimie Johnston MBE is Board Director and Head of Global Systems.. Jaimie is a recognised global leader in systemising and accelerating the design and construction of major infrastructure.Together with others at Bryden Wood, he is the originator of the.
Platforms approach to DfMA.and the author of.