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The first step is to gather that information.

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.

Although it’s widely recognised that there aren’t enough women and minorities joining construction, Professor Glass says this important issue has been noted and there are people trying to rectify this situation.She also believes academics and researchers could generate enthusiasm by sharing what attracted them to this stimulating, fascinating space, and discussing what motivates them to stay.. We also need to take stock of what competencies are needed in the construction industry, and acknowledge that digital skills must be made a priority.

The UK government's decision to bring coding into the national curriculum means we now have digitally enabled young people coming through with these important skills.

In principle, upon graduation that new workforce is just as available to the construction industry as to any other sector, but we need to attract them into construction at the right time, or they’ll go elsewhere.Low operational carbon..

Between them, there is also an often unspoken common denominator which Bryden Wood have explored.Put simply: if we build less, we emit less carbon.. Low embodied carbon and the future of sustainable design.

It’s generally understood that changing material specification can help reduce embodied carbon and create a more sustainable design and build process.What is often not mentioned is that we can also achieve reduced embodied carbon and capital cost through optimisation and reducing the volume of building, and the earlier this is considered the bigger the carbon savings.. Bryden Wood have demonstrated that through optimising architectural layouts, we can produce higher net to gross ratio space.