Even now, the cost of solvent supply represents only 1% of Cost of Goods, although this amounts to $4bn globally.
Every asset we build requires many different parties to work together, but when the projects end, people go their separate ways as competitors.Although that’s all fine and good, ultimately it means we aren’t taking learnings forwards from one project to another.
Things aren’t being effectively fed back or built upon, and so we aren’t seeing the beneficial changes we desire.Sully believes it’s this lack of considered collaboration, and the need to overcome such issues, which is ultimately responsible for the lack of government funding we’ve seen, despite long-standing acknowledgement of the problems..Things began to shift when the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), and some of the large industry players, began to talk about how we could start to work together to be more effective.
Bryden Wood’s efforts to develop P-DfMA processes and strategies utilising platform construction and manufacturing approaches have helped to facilitate an understanding of the ways we might achieve our desired goals.. P-DfMA and The Ministry of Justice.Bryden Wood’s previous work with the first iterations of platform construction for the Ministry of Justice formed an early step on the P-DfMA path.
Trudi Sully was involved with the effort to bring manufacturing into that process as part of her work with the MTC.
She notes that the MOJ programme was a great kickstarter and remains a valuable reference point..Innovationunlocks a beautiful and creative process which allows for a collision of perspectives and thinking.
And it is these insights that can lead to elegant solutions to complex problems..Definition and Origins of Design to Value.. With roots in both the rapid iterating of product design and the holistic thinking of total architecture of the past, Design to Value combines the relentless seeking of value with a clarity of purpose.
Each project is unique, but an ethos and approach prevail: you focus on what you want the project to do, how it should best function and who it should serve –rather than a specific material outcome..In this sense, Design to Value begins with near-anthropological analysis, delving deep into the various needs of each project’s constituents, from client to planner to end users.
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