Note: The footprint shown are for the unit only and exclude any access/air intake space.
Construction Platforms allow us to apply this same type of thinking to built assets.Yes, those assets require flexibility, but the need for flexibility doesn’t have to be at odds with standardisation.
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.With process engineering, what we’re really talking about is putting systems in place in order to achieve particular goals and facilitate outcomes..
These processes need to flow, react and come together, in order to make the desired outcome happen.It’s really important, therefore, that we understand these processes in detail.
They are what help us design the most efficient built assets, best suited to delivering the outcomes we set out to achieve..Process engineering and a DtV approach.