Jaimie Johnston MBE (he/him)

The design aspects that support this include:.

We want the factories that produce components for the construction industry to be more like the best factories making consumer goods; highly efficient, controlled and focused on achieving the highest throughput for the lowest cost, without compromising on quality..In short, we want factories to be less like construction sites.. Construction Platforms: our MMC approach to achieving the best mix of on-site and off-site construction.

At Bryden Wood, we have over 25 years’ experience applying all types of MMC solutions to a huge range of projects.Our industry-leading approach to MMC has developed over the years to consider ways to maximise the productivity of both off-site and on-site construction works to achieve better project outcomes for our clients.. Much of our thinking has been published on our website, particularly in our series of books about Construction Platforms, including the recently updated.Delivery Platforms for Government Assets.

The concept of a platform approach to DfMA (P-DfMA) has been adopted by the UK Government, particularly the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA), who have said they will mandate construction platforms by 2023 for all social infrastructure..The pre-manufactured components of platform construction (P-DfMA) systems are specifically designed to be standardised and mass-produced by a wide supply chain, like the mechanical components of a car, to deliver the greatest possible factory efficiency and economies of scale..

The components can be easily transported and moved, and they fit together quickly and simply on site with the least amount of handling.

Platform construction systems are designed to be flexible and customisable to avoid limiting design freedom and allow massing, form and aesthetic treatments to be considered on a plot-specific basis.. Driving value with MMC and P-DfMA.Because these rooms are highly hazardous, the air change rate must be high in volume, but it must also be at low level physically.

In every other facility I know of, extracting at low level is done with ductwork.It's inefficient because you can only put ductwork in certain areas, as people cannot be required to step over it as they move around the space.

Worse, because of the way ductwork is made, the extraction actually takes place about 15cm from the floor, which would allow the cold nitrogen to completely miss the extraction and bleed out into the room..So we designed a trench system, covered with a grille, to surround all the critical areas, and we extract the air from the trench.