The case for open sourcing

The group agreed on the value of reconvening to continue this conversation and the interorganisational links it has initiated..

Defining the Need Report.has made important strides in shaping the future of construction by bringing the standardised, repeatable platform systems found in the manufacturing sector into the construction industry.

The report collated cross-departmental data across UK government departments, including the Department for Education (DfE), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and the Ministry of Defence (MoD).Defining the Need examined future requirements against a £50 billion, five-year, new build pipeline.As all of the departments had their own nomenclature for the base types, it was an arduous task.

And yet, once all of the cross-departmental pipelines were put into Uniclass, a great deal of cross-department commonality was revealed.This has delivered a huge body of evidence in terms of how platform design (P-DfMA) can unlock industrialised construction..

Improving diversity and attracting young workers into construction.

Understanding how we can attract more people into the sector is vitally important when we consider shaping the future of the construction industry.http://bit.ly/BWNewsUpdatesPeople often ask me why the majority of the staff in Bryden Wood’s Singapore office are data analysts.

I suppose it seems counter-intuitive for a firm focused on design and engineering for the built environment to put such stock in analytics.This however is a key aspect of Bryden Wood’s Design to Value approach and for me has always seemed like a natural extension of our long-term quest to deliver better design through a deeper understanding of how buildings really work.. Others at Bryden Wood have already.

written extensively.about the importance of data and analytics in the design and construction industry.