Gary Clark, Chair of RIBA Sustainable Futures Group, comments, ‘2020 is the year of climate action.
Using P-DfMA, we can have both..Flexibility in modular construction.
At Bryden Wood, it’s a guiding principle that we never compromise the design to fit the system.Rather, our aim is to allow a level of flexibility in the components to resolve the tension between the need for optimisation and variability – what the market wants, or clients need.For example, with the Platform to superstructure, we have a series of standard connection brackets, which link the beams and columns.
The same brackets are used consistently and they are colour-coded.This makes it easy to teach people how to do the assembly and they become very quick at doing it.
However, the beams and columns can be any length.
Spans can be specific to particular clients, but to the operative on site, it's the same yellow bracket, requiring the same torque wrench and two bolts.It includes things such as the expected lifetime of components and materials, the wellbeing of the workforce, and the impact on the environment and climate change.
On top of this, there’s the value of aesthetics and how things make us feel, as well as the value derived from doing; the personal development or learning someone might gain as a result of working on a project.There are a lot of value aspects to be considered when implementing a Design to Value approach.. 1.
Once you’ve identified the problem you’re trying to solve and the value you’d like to achieve, it’s time to start evaluating processes.The first step is to start modelling your project and working out how you’ll use particular processes to achieve your desired value outcomes, as well as to find the optimum balance between them.. 1.