Key to this project was Stefanos’ ability to occupy a central role with a focus on co-ordinating a multi-disciplinary approach through from design to delivery on site.Kevin is a Senior Chartered Electrical Engineer with 18 years in the industry.. During this time he has gathered experience across a range of sectors with projects covering retail, commercial, mission critical, healthcare, and education..
Most components use no or low levels of fabrication (these can be thought of as ‘dumb’ components).These components tend to be the large, heavy, commoditised elements including:.
Columns - standard square hollow sections are used with little/no ‘fabrication’ (a single hole is punched or laser cut in each column);.Beams are made using a standard rolled metal profile (metal coils are passed through a highly efficient, automated rolling process with virtually no waste, no double handling etc.)as a permanent shutter for concrete.
As much ‘intelligence’ as possible is then placed in the interfaces (e.g.bracketry which is self locating to control tolerances and is colour coded to ensure correct application etc.)
The ‘intelligent’ components are small, manually handleable and accurately mass produced..
The level of bespoke production is thus focussed on far less tonnage than designs for e.g.They should be evaluating the types of opportunities this will create and figuring out how to shape themselves in order to take advantage of those opportunities.
They need to work out how to address the vast, global market that’s on the way.We are now starting to see people considering these issues.. P-DfMA for the future.
From the aging demographic to the impact of COVID-19, the challenges facing the construction industry have never been starker.This reality, coupled with a climate crisis the construction industry is significantly contributing to (producing 39% of global carbon emissions), means that we are faced with an urgent need for action.