There will also be a focus on other factors: the carbon footprint of the individual manufacturer, what they spend on R&D, staff welfare, and so on.

Safety related and non-safety related systems are separated and simplified.The amount of information to be reviewed is significantly reduced.

Standardised solutions mean that detail is available early and can be pre-approved.The variation of the design and interfaces are standardised and controlled: only the differences need to be reviewed.Rich data representation can provide regulatory reviewers with relevant information in the appropriate format at each stage of the process.

Data-rich models can generate automatic reports to demonstrate design compliance.. Simplified systems and processes enable simplified interactions.The Platform Engineering (P-DfMA) Solution described above and the simplification of processes resulting from this design, enable much simpler and standardised interactions between customers and producers and between the various producers that make up the supply chain to deliver these buildings.

This allows us to achieve the scale and speed of refurbishments that are required..

Significant amounts of the design are simpler and can be done much more quickly by a wide range of designers.It’s a fantastic achievement, and because The Forge is a Platforms construction project, we’ll be able to take what we’ve learned to create further benefits on future projects.. With the Forge, we’ve been able to prototype the project in advance of it going on-site.

We’ve been able to look at things like different concrete mixes, relating to the self-compacting nature of the concrete.Through evaluation of embodied carbon, we’ve been able to offer lower carbon concrete mixes, tested before being transferred.

In this case, Easispace put temperature sensors in the concrete, with mobile phone alerts indicating when the concrete became strong enough to strike the shuttering.This process of fine tuning the concrete enables it to be kept as low-carbon as possible, optimising it for strength, while still keeping the building process as quick as possible.