It's important that when we define chips, we don't leave gaps.
http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesWhile the fields of design and architecture have been pushing ahead with Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), BIM and 3D models, the planning process hasn’t actually changed much since the 1940s and remains largely paper-based.Thankfully, due to technological advancement, we now have the ability to modernise planning, and the emphasis on digitisation in the planning white paper provides high-level support.
At Bryden Wood, our Creative Technologies team has been working alongside the London Borough of Southwark, the Centre for Digital Built Britain and 3D Repo to advance the issue..The quest to digitise the planning system involves a complex ecosystem of different industry players coming together.Jack Ricketts, a planner at London Borough of Southwark, doesn’t want to see the planning process holding others back.
While working on projects funded by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Ricketts sought to avoid the possibility of duplicating work, or becoming an accidental blocker to the process.He reached out to industry expert Miranda Sharp for help in making a shift towards digital data.
Sharp’s company, Metis Digital, works with a range of companies trying to connect technical assets and data to value.
During her time working with the Centre for Digital Built Britain (CDBB) on the National Digital Twin Programme (NDTp), Sharp sought secure and resilient ways of connecting digital twins to deliver the common good, and looked for real examples of people trying to connect data in order to tackle cross-silo issues.I believe the lack of clarity around nomenclature in the DfMA landscape has become a major barrier to change.
A clear and universally understood definition framework would help increase stakeholder awareness and confidence in adopting innovative construction methods and could help encourage a more structured and focused conversation across the industry at large..The minefield of different terms means there is a tendency to assume that the landscape is complicated but there really is a simple relationship between all these different elements and it starts with DfMA.. DfMA is a design approach.
The clue is in the name.“Design for Manufacture and Assembly” is a design approach.
(Editor: Silent Tablets)