She’s looked at construction through more lenses than most, and her ability to act as a conduit between practice, policy and the scholarly world is particularly valuable at this critical moment.
(RAID) for Network Rail.. ‘Delivery’.covers the new models and ways of working required to leverage the benefits of construction Platforms..
The link from ‘Spatial Analysis’ to ‘Delivery’ is through accredited supply chain partners.The common standards referred to earlier will enable a more stable, engaged supply chain.Rather than dealing with a huge volume of project-specific information and having to identify those parts which are ‘cut and paste’ requirements vs. those which are bespoke, supply chains could be working with a much smaller number of requirements, used at scale.
This would enable partners to develop highly repeatable solutions and have them tested or certified or have themselves accredited and ‘pre-qualified’ to meet certain standards, making the entire procurement process more straightforward.. ‘Delivery’.is also linked to ‘Digital Tools’ though a digital marketplace which is very much the missing piece of the puzzle.
However, with the likes of the Hub’s Defining the Need workstream and with a number of digital configurators in use, we are starting to put the enablers in place to facilitate this.. Can we look to digital marketplaces that already exist?.
There are plenty of examples from which we can learn; the combination of standard components, digital tools and e-commerce has numerous precedents.Safety related and non-safety related systems are separated and simplified.
The amount of information to be reviewed is significantly reduced.Standardised solutions mean that detail is available early and can be pre-approved.
The variation of the design and interfaces are standardised and controlled: only the differences need to be reviewed.Rich data representation can provide regulatory reviewers with relevant information in the appropriate format at each stage of the process.