As we optimise the geometry and layout of the structure, plant and systems we can have a positive effect on the amount of embodied carbon in the building, structure and systems.. Our more sustainable approach to close coupling and integration increases efficiency in cooling and distribution losses and also lessens the carbon intensive materials used in these systems.. Our industrialisation and digital design approach allows us to quantify this carbon content during design, and minimise the content through optimisation and materials selection.
The emphasis with The Roadmap to 2030 is very much on that process from concept and design, right through to the end of an asset’s life.The use of data in a consistent way, as part of the information management mandate, will be key to ensuring ongoing effectiveness across the whole life-cycle.
Transforming Infrastructure Performance 2021 is positive, accessible and hopefully provides the drive needed to invest in change by looking for opportunities to align with the rest of the industry, and by taking small steps which can be expanded upon for further growth.. On a related note, although the definition of what we mean by a platform approach to construction is now becoming more fulsome, we can still go back to the IPA document from 2018 and continue to find it completely relevant and valid.This demonstrates a consistency of thinking which should be quite reassuring.TIP 2021 is just a more detailed roadmap, and this should be helpful to people if they are struggling with the concepts.
Of course, we do run the risk that the term “kit-of-parts” itself is becoming so commonly used now that it may become misused, an issue we’ve seen happen with other MMC nomenclature.We don’t want to create a plethora of kits-of-parts, as value and quality of delivery will be ensured by harmonising those approaches, systems and processes.. We also don’t want people to feel so overwhelmed at the thought of everything changing that they ignore what’s happening and never begin.
We need to try and articulate the way of doing this as clearly as possible.
Some of the work the Construction Innovation Hub is doing now is about bringing together all of the different puzzle pieces., Technical Report, September 2020.
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