The aim is to ensure that all stakeholders understand each other’s drivers and that we develop an agreed set of objectives that everyone feels is comprehensive and fair.. We turn that knowledge into an initial, digital model.
In this blog, I reflect on how you approach planning for design with emergence..I was asked to look at creating a schedule for the design of a modular, intensified-pharmaceutical plant, beyond its conceptual stage.
This project looked at delivering a new technology to the company in a new and radical way.Although the core ideas had been established, the next question was how this concept would be physicalised in a way that preserved and enhanced its potential value, in a business, like all, with multiple levels of moving parts..The standard way of scheduling such a study simply results in stress for those doing the work and/or the project manager.
Scheduling an organic integration is like trying to Christmas-wrap a puppy.We firstly looked to use a critical chain approach to planning, which naturally allows for flexibility in the schedule.
The ideas were helpful and certainly better fit the real world.
Combined with the concepts of “Focus and Finish” rather than “Meet the commitments” it provided a better collaborative and coordinated approach.. What we realised though was that there were parts of the schedule which were even more organic than buffers or “Focus and finish” could accommodate.He notes that as the delivery of BIM as a professional service becomes more and more commoditised, value will inevitably be lost, alongside the sense of why the thing is being undertaken.
Rates are also increasing, he says, with less work being done..The role of DfMA and MMC in Australia.
Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DfMA) and Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) are driving new ways of thinking in Australia, with uptake driven by schools and health.However, Lamont says these methods aren’t in alignment with the old ways of making money, and so MMC costs remain high.