This open approach to design takes time, care and, ultimately, collaboration from our clients to help drive it forward.
PMV is calculated as the percentage of cost that is derived before any site works and strongly encourages maximising the proportion of off-site works.. As a result, many parts of the construction industry are focusing more and more on off-site prefabrication in pursuit of benefits including lower cost, reduced delivery timescales, higher quality, improved health and safety, less waste and more productive site labour..But is off-site always the best way to achieve these benefits?
Construction sites have been around since the dawn of civilisation.Do we really want to walk away from all that learning, and start moving as much of the construction process as possible into distant sheds?.Is on-site construction really all that bad?.
Construction sites could be defined as locations where finished assets are built.They can be messy, congested, dirty and chaotic places.
But they don’t have to be.
If the construction process can be transformed into the streamlined and predictable assembly of pre-manufactured parts, combined with on-site construction processes that are carefully managed to add the maximum value, much greater productivity can result.. To give a slightly left-field example, consider a circus tent.How to do the above and meet acceptable price points.
How to find sites with reliable power.How to shorten overall programme durations.
How to develop the expertise and constraints of the supply chain, including integrators to get them “on the curve”!.How to find outlets for waste heat.
(Editor: Affordable Umbrellas)