Improving productivity in construction, Built Environment Matters podcast with Josh Johnson, Expert - Engineering Construction & Building Materials at McKinsey & Company. Part 2 of 2.
Jami is also currently working on an Innovate UK funded project for the design configuration of primary schools.
Some people are excited about the potential and transformative functionality of new technologies, but others feel more threatened by things like automation in design and construction.At Bryden Wood, we don’t see these tools as detrimental to the jobs of industry professionals.
Instead, we see them as opportunities.MMC technologies unlock potential to evolve our role as designers.With the time saving benefits created, we are able to design more buildings and infrastructure to a higher standard.
Automation and digital technology give us the ability to explore more possible solutions in less time, choosing the best from a broader set of options.. PRiSM helps designers and architects to save time usually spent reinterpreting rules from design guides and building regulations.After all, it’s in the placemaking, the creation of positive user experience and stimulating aesthetic, that designers have the biggest impact and provide the most value in their work - not in repetitive processes like rules reinterpretation.
It’s also important to recognise that tools like PRiSM don’t need to limit beauty or individuality in the built environment.
We use standardisation like the hidden skeletal bones of a building, but the outer manifestation can be as individual and unique as we are as human beings.. A Helpful Tool for the Wider Design & Construction Industry.In an area I know a little about.
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