There is great scope for the construction industry to innovate and develop new MMC methods to expand the toolkit and enhance the DfMA designer’s ability to achieve benefits on future construction projects..
Whereas, previously, the government has simply implemented policies, we’re now seeing a more collaborative approach, in the form of The Construction Playbook and Industrial Strategy.The government is now actively working with industry to make sure new policies can be implemented.
It’s thinking about long-term delivery and it recognises the need to be working with industry to achieve that goal..Broadening value outcomes with ‘Build Back Better’.If we look back over the last decade, 2010 saw a focus on plans to deal with the deficit.
A lot of projects were cancelled, including highway schemes and school building programmes.The aim was fiscal consolidation.
When spending plans came out, much of the narrative was focused on efficiency.
There was the first iteration of the National Infrastructure Plan, the Government Construction Strategy and the BIM mandate that followed in 2011.Our PRiSM housing design app is just one such tool.
PRiSM brings speed and insight to the housing design process by harnessing the benefits of standardisation and automation, whilst promoting creativity and flexibility.. Our primary goal when we developed PRiSM was to help democratise the knowledge around Precision Manufactured Housing (PMH), a term which refers to homes designed and built using MMC principles.PMH homes can be built up to twice as fast and to a higher standard than those built with traditional construction methods.
When we talk about using MMC techniques (platform construction, panelised, volumetric etc.), what we’re actually referring to is the ability to manufacture significant portions of the building offsite in more controlled factory conditions, using repeatable processes, followed by safe and rehearsed assembly onsite.