Delivery Platforms for Government Assets

The reality of transforming construction presents a serious challenge, one which requires a uniquely broad and long-term viewpoint.

Then there is our work here in the UK with Platform construction (P-DfMA).It’s certainly an exciting possibility that our work with P-DfMA could end up being adopted by the international community.

We saw this happen with BIM standards, which were very quickly adopted as the de facto standards with things like EN ISO 19650.We’re now starting to see the rest of the world beginning to look towards an industrialised construction approach.If we make headway with Platform construction there will be a massive international market available.

This could be a real opportunity, if we can join up a few different elements.. With BIM Pro we saw the need to go out and engage with foreign governments, forming a community to promote an approach and process which drives better delivery.We need to consider what the UK can offer those international markets beyond BIM.

We’re very highly regarded in finance and insurance, for example, and those things are required by world leaders who want to deliver infrastructure and construction programmes.

We’ve got all the various digital tools which are being developed and coming to market now.Applying the Lessons of Manufacturing.

For Bryden Wood, an attractive aspect of both Singapore and Hong Kong has been the enthusiasm and commitment to drive construction productivity improvement through innovation.We have been working hard to move the conversation forward in both markets.

Volumetric DfMA solutions have their applications and it has been great to see some successful projects delivered in this way, however there is a growing awareness that PPVC/MiC is not a one-size-fits-all solution to every construction problem but rather one possible tool in a spectrum of opportunities afforded by DfMA.. At Bryden Wood, we believe there is a way to deliver a wide spectrum of building types efficiently, safely and productively using standardised components.For more than two decades Bryden Wood has been breaking down buildings to kits of component parts and looking for ways to deliver different types of projects using the same constituent parts.