The hope is they can do it more quickly than state-run projects..
The Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) approach that we have in Bryden Wood – which is embedded in Creative Technologies – means that something like generative design can be more powerful, as it can be built around design rules and content that’s inherently more clearly defined..When people in the industry talk about cutting-edge construction technologies, these are usually buzzwords about things that are not widely in use, generally misunderstood and unlikely ever to deliver the advertised benefits – because they’re not appropriate solutions and our industry is too far from ready.
It’s good that people talk about construction tech – that creates an environment broadly open to tech – but that’s not the same as being able to actually use it..In our team, we only ever apply technology when it is appropriate to the problem at hand.We have never, for example, had to use a Machine Learning solution, because we’ve never had a problem that it’s been the right technology for..
Nor do we think that the future of robotics in construction is in building robots to do jobs that we, or they, shouldn’t be doing in the first place.Technology is not fairy dust that you sprinkle onto a problem to sort it out.
You need to assess the entire process and engage actively with technology to see where – or whether – it will add value.
You also have to be open to the very real possibility that its use may fundamentally alter that process for the better.As an industry, we have to get better at creating and sharing data, information and learning.Equally, any local heating project where homes rely on a DC for their domestic heating would be compromised if the DC is shut down for weeks in winter.. Making use of this valuable waste energy requires these conundrums to be resolved.
This may become critical as the sustainability spotlight increasingly shines on these energy consumers..Some companies are exploring an industrial synergy with food production using low grade heat and heat pumps, but this is in early development..
The feeling in the room was that, due to the regulations, Europe is pricing itself out of the general market – although due to data sovereignty a market will be retained.. Generally, green energy is more expensive, which also distorts the market.But programmes like the Bernwick bank 4-GigaWatt wind farm may ease the UK situation in the longer term..
(Editor: Portable Calendars)