Many of the deliverables (3.)
As a result of a link fostered by TCN+ with the Construction Innovation Hub, The Hub is now supporting Dr. Beach with some of his leading work.Due to the sheer number of stakeholders involved in supporting these projects, the researchers are frequently making organic connections as they go along.
These include representatives from Tier 1 contractors, housing and healthcare companies, as well as other research bodies like the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC).This is all adding to the excitement.. Research acceleration due to COVID-19.The COVID-19 pandemic took hold just as academics and researchers received funding.
The resulting lockdown forced the redesign of entire research programs, an accomplishment achieved with great perseverance and agility.Challenging Space Frontiers in Hospitals.
by Dr Grant Mills from UCL, and involving Bryden Wood Director Steven Tilkin, incorporated Bryden Wood’s innovative work in platform design (P-DfMA).
The project was quite far advanced when the pandemic hit, and the timing was particularly pertinent, occurring just as hospital construction began recognising the need to look at other processes, such as offsite construction, standardisation and moving to scale of production.In the utopian future state we seek, buildings will increasingly be configured using Platform construction methodologies and a kit-of-parts approach.
The parts will be interoperable and there will be common interface standards and rules.If a new, highly energy-efficient product creates local jobs, then we’ll need a clear route to market for that product, as well as a value-based decision about how it’s deployed.
At the moment, however, this isn’t really possible, because we don’t have a clear set of rules.We have too many non-interoperable systems and ecosystems.