The aim of this project is to create an environment in which a seamless, end-to-end digitised development process can operate and flourish.
The issue regarding its wider scale adoption is simply that it requires the industry to break with the ideas and processes we’ve been following before.There’s a certain amount of security in taking a brief and just doing what has been asked of you.
Companies have worked out a way to survive in this way.However, we need bravery.The benefits of this new way of working warrant the risk, and there is a risk when suggesting something new and different.
Success will come from approaching it like a journey and doing things collaboratively..There are new ideas and technologies to embrace, new people to hire with different skill sets.
These things are risks to an industry worried about profit margins, business and retaining current clients.
As such, we see that it’s simultaneously an easy thing to do, and a very difficult one.If these additional modular construction costs can be offset by large improvements in construction site efficiency, for example by relocating wet trades or complex specialist trades away from the site, a 3D module might make sense.
But, with modular construction, it’s often the case that prefabricating comparatively simple parts of a building as 3D modules adds cost and complexity, especially if the required trades need to be present on-site anyway..The problems found in modular construction are only compounded by inefficient factory working.
The cost of any prefabricated component (indeed, any component of any building) can be divided into materials and labour.If we ignore the cost of the labour that has gone into making the component, we only have material costs left, resulting in limited opportunities to add value.