Of course, this process will be disruptive because industry transformation always is.

Our Platforms approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA) provides some answers here.As a method of construction, it presents many advantages, but in this context three stand out:.

The Platforms approach to construction uses standard components for buildings that can be assembled in a number of ways, depending on the purpose of the building.But because they’re standardised, these parts can be disassembled and reassembled relatively easily within the superstructure.The inherent agility of Platform construction means that final decisions on configuration can be made much later in the process than in traditional construction, allowing for change, if necessary, during design and build..

The use of the same components across sectors allows the possibility of repurposing buildings – so an office block can later be turned into residential with relatively little intervention.. Digital design makes it all possible.In all of this, digital is our strongest ally.

Our ability at Bryden Wood to model using unusually large and varied data sets gives us a uniquely multi-dimensional perspective on problems.

It means we can iterate, learn and iterate again.HH: I think there’s a massive push at the moment for battery technology, as a very specific example.

There’s been a general realisation that there’s not enough power in the world, so people are looking into the likes of local generation.I also feel there’s a big issue around the embodied carbon that goes into making a battery and how batteries are reused and recycled.

As such, there’s going to be quite a distinct focus on looking at some of the new technologies and working out whether they are actually going to be suitable in another fifty years time..I also think there will be a huge drive to reduce material quantity in buildings.