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This is however possible with the implementation of DfMA which can design assemblies that meet the stringent envelope performance requirements and can also be disassembled..

Rather, our aim is to allow a level of flexibility in the components to resolve the tension between the need for optimisation and variability – what the market wants, or clients need.For example, with the Platform to superstructure, we have a series of standard connection brackets, which link the beams and columns.

The same brackets are used consistently and they are colour-coded.This makes it easy to teach people how to do the assembly and they become very quick at doing it.However, the beams and columns can be any length.

Spans can be specific to particular clients, but to the operative on site, it's the same yellow bracket, requiring the same torque wrench and two bolts.Platforms enable us to get down to a much more granular level and simultaneously open the door for continual improvement and variability going forward with respect to supply chain choices, material choices and so on.. Maximising value with construction platforms.

Because platform construction uses a limited number of components, it gives us a greater amount of control.

We’re able to limit the number of processes and operations which have to happen on site and we can control materials much more accurately.‘Can we do this?’ must become, ‘should we do this?’.

One helpful way to approach things is to consider projects as having both a problem space and a solution space.It’s important not to let our ideas about solutions become too fixed, too soon.

The problem may not always be perfectly understood when we begin.People are often in a rush to move ahead, but it’s worth spending time to explore problems fully.