P-DfMA is a rationalised approach to design and construction.
Facilitate use of a range of configurators via API’s or plug-ins.Provide instant pricing for the most standard items, with other orders priced in hours.
Ensure data security while also capturing appropriate data to fuel the application (in time) of machine learning and AI to help with pricing and pipeline prediction.. Obviously, this is a complex challenge.It raises a whole range of issues that would need resolving regarding insurances, warranties, IP, etc.And there is the big question of who would own the marketplace?
Ideally, this would be a neutral broker, such as Government.And there is even a partial precedent here in the UK in the form of G-Cloud, the UK Government’s Digital Marketplace for cloud technology and specialist digital services..
Creating a digital marketplace for construction procurement would have benefits that far outweigh the challenges.
Even the steps on the journey, as focus on interoperability, data standards and consistent specifications, would help accelerate the digital shift that is already underway.The rapid pace of change in digitisation has created a great opportunity to integrate DfMA into projects in ways not previously possible.
Data contained within digital objects can be used to explore, test and validate construction methods from the earliest project stages..The role of the designer is evolving to include the creation and maintenance of digital assets with great potential value.
Parties both within and outside the construction industry are developing new digital innovations to expand the MMC toolkit and realise this value.. A summary of key DfMA principles.I have tried to summarise the above in simple terms to illustrate how the DfMA landscape can be viewed in the context of the industry.. DfMA is a design approach that considers ways to efficiently construct buildings by manufacturing and assembling their constituent parts..
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