This is a key step in defining a Platform but also in creating a digital marketplace.
The first TIP documents came out in 2017 around the suite of Industrial Strategy documents, setting out a vision for how we would start to drive value and deliver our infrastructure.The Construction Playbook then set out key policies and guidance for how public works projects and programmes are assessed, procured and delivered.
TIP 2021 has moved on significantly, painting a much more vivid picture..Transforming Infrastructure Performance: Roadmap to 2030, sets out a vision for innovation and reform in infrastructure delivery, covering target and focus areas, as well as providing robust requirements for government clients to deliver against.The document makes it clear that the UK government is seeking a step change in productivity across the way we plan, design, manufacture, construct and operate.
In short, everything needs to change, and the Roadmap to 2030 offers the tools to do that.The Roadmap goes beyond MMC and DfMA, looking at a holistic approach to delivering differently, not just in terms of platform construction and the kit-of-parts, but also the processes that come with it..
The broader impact of TIP 2021.
The Roadmap to 2030 discusses the wider implications of the change.Further, standardisation allows us to do a better job of integrating our mechanical and electrical engineering systems, which then has the knock-on effect of reducing the overall volume of a building by 30-40%.
As the building gets smaller, so does the air handling plant.This creates a reduction in running costs - heating and lighting.
In other words, we create a virtuous circle of benefit.. What is the future of the construction industry?.Ultimately, we suspect that over time buildings will become flexible configurations of components, rather than large, fixed assets.