Putting It All on the Line

The Building Safety Bill specifies that information must be held securely on a digital platform, and it’s much more sensible to start doing it now, rather than having to catch up later once it’s all gone through the paper-based planning system.

This project was a precursor to Bryden Wood’s innovative work with construction Platforms and P-DFMA..Process Design in COVID-19 vaccine development and modelling.

The importance of process engineering and Design to Value methodologies seem particularly relevant recently.As we’ve waited for a successful vaccine to emerge, there have been over 200 in development, all at different stages with different probabilities of success.Throughout this reality, we’ve recognised that different technologies require different manufacturing techniques and logistics..

Circumstances like the pandemic raise the question: how do we deal with this type of complexity?The answer is, we use Modern Methods of Construction and we start to model it.

We link in with the people who understand the development processes, and look at the physicality of the supply chains.

We look at what is likely to happen, the capacity different countries have to make different vaccines, and how such factors would affect the global supply.So our chances of finding the optimum solution are increased when compared to more linear design approaches..

There are four principles that enable us to operate in this way:.A common language allows people with diverse areas of expertise, including those not normally involved in design and construction, to participate fully in design decisions.

This is much more effective than a conventional approach where you might produce engineering drawings or documentation and then hand them to a user group who will then take additional time to review and pass comment.And, of course, if people are fully involved in generating solutions, they're more likely to adopt them..