These typologies were called Platforms because they embody the common features of multiple assets: structural grids, beams, columns, connectors, slabs etc.
The UK government’s Build Back Better initiative highlights a move away from our long-held and narrow focus on efficiency.Instead, we're beginning to turn towards much broader value outcomes: increased safety, net-zero carbon emissions, improved build quality, social value and more.
We want to create a better future for our built environment, one that benefits both people and the planet.However, to do this we’ll need to transform not only our approach, embracing new, MMC methodologies such as Design for Value and Platform construction, but also the way we work together across the public and private sector.Collaboration will be key to success, as we begin our journey reshaping construction into an industry fit for the future..
The rise of the Construction Innovation Hub.My journey in government began in 2010.
I was involved in the nuclear sector when I was first approached to be an advisor in the UK Government Department of Energy and Climate Change.
I quickly transitioned to a forerunner of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority where I spent nine years in central government before taking on my current role as Programme Director for the Construction Innovation Hub, with the aim of delivering the Construction Sector Deal.Construction Quality Planning.
Buyers can be assured that the products meet the specifications and will be reliable and consistent.The choice of vendor will then be dependent on what a client values more, which could be: cost; location (to limit travel miles); overall carbon footprint; or the number of apprentices they take on, for instance..
The ‘Defining the Need’ report is a fantastic first manifestation of the ‘harmonise, digitise and rationalise’ policy.But the use of cross-sector data hints at even more powerful opportunities in the future, such as:.