Miranda Sharp says that she’s experienced exactly the same types of issues in the infrastructure space.
’ report – which came hot on the heels of the Construction Playbook at the end of 2020 – does exactly what the policy says.It sets about harmonising, digitising and rationalising demand by aggregating the next five years’ pipeline data from the major government departments (health, education, justice,.
and housing) to identify areas of commonality and difference..When these documents were published, I commented that they would both be enablers of an ‘Amazon for construction’.Using ‘Amazon’ was meant as shorthand for some form of digital marketplace.
to advance construction procurement methods., not a suggestion of a perfect model to follow, but it prompted an interesting debate..
It is partly with that debate in mind that I think we should discuss what e-commerce may look like when applied to construction.
But it’s mainly because a digital marketplace for construction would be another massive leap forward..MMC won’t need to be enforced, developers will come on board willingly because MMC will provide much quicker outcomes, with much greater levels of certainty.
Ultimately, when we make MMC and design for precision manufacturing the default option, we’ll be able to make better homes for people.. At Bryden Wood we’re currently working on the New Hospitals Programme, which is the first real enactment of the Construction Playbook.Within the lifetime of that programme, we hope to have fundamentally changed the way physical building is done, the way we use MMC, and the way we deliver assets.
Such a success would pave the way for P-DfMA and other MMC methodologies to be rolled out across other social infrastructure, including schools, social housing and more.We envision that there is likely to be about a ten-year window of opportunity here, and the industry needs to make a start.