By working together, we believe the industry can apply these transformative, design to value processes at scale and thereby deliver enormous benefit for the world..
Shaping the future of construction with a collaborative, P-DfMA approach.The reality of transforming construction presents a serious challenge, one which requires a uniquely broad and long-term viewpoint.
As a result, the initiative really must be headed by a government client.This is why the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) set out their vision for a Platform construction (P-DfMA) approach, focusing on digitally driven, standardised, cross-sector components.Government is also uniquely positioned to take on the challenge of implementing a new, industrialised construction approach, as they have the resources required for in-depth research and development.
Still, with an undertaking as large as transforming construction, collaboration with industry will be crucial to success..The good news is that we’ve already seen this happening more recently, in terms of developing policy responses to the pandemic.
Whereas, previously, the government has simply implemented policies, we’re now seeing a more collaborative approach, in the form of The Construction Playbook and Industrial Strategy.
The government is now actively working with industry to make sure new policies can be implemented.However, the shift will take time and there will be plenty of signals along the way.
Companies will be able to adjust accordingly.It’s likely that many of the current Tier 1 players will remain very powerful in the new market, but we’re also likely to see big disruptors coming in.
Not only that, I suspect some of the current players will disrupt their own business models to broaden the range of services and income streams they're able to generate.. We’re also likely to see some contractors start to diversify the services they offer, or broaden their range of products.They’ll need to be able to respond to what happens in the future, as we change our focus to the provision of whole-life solutions, rather than just capital assets.
(Editor: Stylish Drones)