Maximising benefit for M&E services with DfMA

The next issue with data is governance, and the question of whether someone is allowed to share particular data.

We’re now starting to see the rest of the world beginning to look towards an industrialised construction approach.If we make headway with Platform construction there will be a massive international market available.

This could be a real opportunity, if we can join up a few different elements.. With BIM Pro we saw the need to go out and engage with foreign governments, forming a community to promote an approach and process which drives better delivery.We need to consider what the UK can offer those international markets beyond BIM.We’re very highly regarded in finance and insurance, for example, and those things are required by world leaders who want to deliver infrastructure and construction programmes.

We’ve got all the various digital tools which are being developed and coming to market now.We have things like the Value Toolkit coming out of The Construction Innovation Hub.

The question is, how do we help governments make choices that support their ambitions?

Value drivers aren’t exactly the same from one country to the next, and so we’ll need to help them make choices based on what’s best for their own local needs, projects and communities..Meanwhile, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), who implemented the mandatory use of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in public sector works, funded Bryden Wood and the MTC to develop further the cross-fertilisation of manufacturing and construction.

In March 2018, we worked together on an event, ‘Transforming Construction’, which showcased a Platform approach to DfMA and launched the book ‘.Delivery Platforms.

’.. All of this informed continued strategic thinking within central government.In November 2018, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) launched its call for evidence, ‘Proposal for a New Approach to Building,’ calling for the adoption of Platforms.