The sorts of friends who I met on the train were concerned about those around them.. Of course, when we start to shine a light into the cave, then we can see where there may be danger, but also where there may be richness and treasure..

Our goal is to bring about maximum benefit for the wider industry and society.We encourage our clients to join us on this journey by allowing others to benefit from the knowledge and systems we create for each project.

This creates a kind of reinforcing circle across the public and private sectors.By working together, we believe the industry can apply these transformative, design to value processes at scale and thereby deliver enormous benefit for the world..In fact, we’re already seeing a wide range of benefits from the adoption of Platforms (P-DfMA) and our wider approach using modern methods of construction.

Our recent work in the UK with Landsec on a modular office building project has demonstrated the following advantages: the automation of processes leading to a 30-50% reduction in the numbers of people onsite, an increase in safety as a result of reduced work at height, lower capital costs with a 25% reduction in materials due to component optimisation, and a 13% improvement in speed.Already impressive, we expect these metrics will only continue to improve over time.. Design to Value.

The starting point, and where we must begin in order to truly maximise the benefits that P-DfMA and MMC make possible, is to rework our core processes (design, procure, construct, operate) around a central, driving principle: process-led design.

In other words, we must begin with the manufacture and assembly process in mind.It’s a community; as well as a transactional marketplace, people can also share ideas and designs.

As we move forwards, this will be vital to transforming construction; creating a community or ‘movement’ and sharing best practice will benefit us all.. IKEA enhancement.Ikea is another excellent example of a Platform that most people are familiar with.

As well as the physical components, Ikea have also created their own ecosystem..So, while there is a ‘kit of parts’ that includes components common to lots of different pieces of furniture (fittings, hinges, drawer bases and sides, dimensional grids etc.