over the lifetime of a portfolio of products.
Platforms enable us to get down to a much more granular level and simultaneously open the door for continual improvement and variability going forward with respect to supply chain choices, material choices and so on.. Maximising value with construction platforms.Because platform construction uses a limited number of components, it gives us a greater amount of control.
We’re able to limit the number of processes and operations which have to happen on site and we can control materials much more accurately.There are also considerable time-saving benefits with P-DfMA, which enable us to spend more time on the design and optimisation of components in the first place.We put a tremendous amount of effort into component design because we know we’ll be using those same components again and again.
Every gram of material you take out of the manufacturing process, out of each assembly process, has a massive multiplier effect in terms of material reduction.This is an important part of sustainable design.
These processes then become highly repeatable, enabling greater levels of automation in construction.
We can turn to techniques such as robotic welding to make the parts, for example, and use popular distribution warehousing equipment on site.This project was a precursor to Bryden Wood’s innovative work with construction Platforms and P-DFMA..
Process Design in COVID-19 vaccine development and modelling.The importance of process engineering and Design to Value methodologies seem particularly relevant recently.
As we’ve waited for a successful vaccine to emerge, there have been over 200 in development, all at different stages with different probabilities of success.Throughout this reality, we’ve recognised that different technologies require different manufacturing techniques and logistics..