Bigger than buzzwords: design automation at Bryden Wood

Offsets used should be publicly disclosed.. An example of specific design strategies that Bryden Wood have adopted follow the proposed operational carbon hierarchy is shown in Figure 5 and is demonstrated with examples below..

However, implementing.modular and prefabricated building components along with a.

Design for Manufacture and Assembly processes doesn’t mean we’ll end up with low-quality buildings that all look the same.In actuality, adopting this new way of working holds the key to tremendously positive and wide-reaching benefits for both people and the planet.. By adopting industrialised construction, we’ll produce.an increased quantity of high-quality, more sustainable buildings, which improve construction project safety and are also easier to build..

Still, it’s going to require us to stretch ourselves, because there are a lot of misconceptions about the term DfMA, Marks says.In the first place, DfMA is often used to mean prefab, which it doesn’t.

Additionally, it’s important to recognize that a lot of DfMA principles and processes aren't necessarily specific to construction prefabrication.. “They're just good design principles.

Good for everybody,” she says.. To illustrate, Marks mentions that she once worked on a billion-dollar hospital project, originally planned with over 700 different types of bathroom.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.

This work has culminated in our Platforms approach to building, developed in close consultation with the UK Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) which recently led to the UK Government issuing a call for evidence on a Platform approach for DfMA (P-DfMA).. We define a platform as a set of components used for creating a range of products.An analogy in the manufacturing sector would be a set of mechanical parts that is used to create the standardised chassis that sits inside many different models of car.