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Operating in this current state, the construction industry simply can’t meet the needs of the future.Our global population is increasing rapidly – it’s estimated to reach 11.5 billion by 2050.
So there’s an unavoidable need to create high-quality and sustainable infrastructure for vast numbers of people, including housing, education, healthcare and transport.At the same time, our environment demands change, with the building and construction industry contributing a staggering 39% of global carbon emissions.We must alter the way we design and build dramatically, both to keep pace with the needs of society and to prevent the acceleration of global warming.. At Bryden Wood, we are showing how this can be achieved through a process of industry collaboration and the adoption of modern methods of construction (MMC).
By MMC, we mean all forms of innovation in construction - physical forms like P-DfMA, as well as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), robotics, data, automation, point cloud surveys, and so on… This is all in addition to the frequently used term ‘offsite’ which, in fact, only represents one aspect of MMC, or industrialized construction.We aren’t exclusively referring to the process of manufacturing large modules in factories and moving everything off construction sites.
Although offsite will certainly form part of the solution, we propose to use a full range of new techniques and technologies, including platform design.
Our approach creates an entirely new way of working, one which sets out to achieve the best possible outcomes right from the start.Improving pharmaceutical facility design with Chips, generative design and automation.
We are now using chips as the basis of generative designs to allow us to automate the design process.In this context, generative design means using computers to assemble designs based on a set of rules, components and input parameters.
We generate very large numbers of options for a particular design requirement, and then get humans back in to look at those critically.. We can generate many more options using automation.Sometimes we find something which human expertise has not spotted.
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