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These things are risks to an industry worried about profit margins, business and retaining current clients.

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.’ report – which came hot on the heels of the Construction Playbook at the end of 2020 – does exactly what the policy says.

It sets about harmonising, digitising and rationalising demand by aggregating the next five years’ pipeline data from the major government departments (health, education, justice,.and housing) to identify areas of commonality and difference..

When these documents were published, I commented that they would both be enablers of an ‘Amazon for construction’.Using ‘Amazon’ was meant as shorthand for some form of digital marketplace.