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We have embedded the process into our own management systems and the outputs we produce.

Increased use of standardised, repeatable, design and components inherently lead to less variance and more standardised tasks on site, which already reduces the risk of the need for changes and thus the potential to deviate from the original design..The greater use of consistent, digital workflows through design, procurement and manufacturing will extend into of logistics and labour; predicting operative numbers, positioning them on site and schedule their training and workload.

This level of control is unremarkable in manufacturing, extraordinary in construction.. 2.Standardised labour operations.The reliance of traditional construction on variable quality of workmanship/skill of the site operative makes it difficult to guarantee that what was drawn and specified is actually what is installed..

The design of platform interfaces is so accurate it reduces reliance on skilled trades and workmanship and provides a visual and straightforward Quality Assurance process, for greater consistency and accuracy:.The manufactured brackets that create the interfaces between beams and columns use very simple standardise tasks (bolted together vs requiring specialist steel erectors) ensuring a level of consistency normally unachievable in traditional construction..

Brackets are designed in a way that they can only be installed correctly (referred to as ‘poka-yoke’ in manufacturing) making it impossible for an error to occur or making the error immediately obvious.

In addition, the brackets are colour coded, with each colour relating to a specific condition, e.g.The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in Singapore’s foreign workforce shows the need to drive greater productivity while reducing over-reliance on foreign labour is more urgent than ever before.

But the big question is, ‘What next?’.Hong Kong: Modular Integrated Construction.

The Hong Kong Government is also a leading agent for change in the regional construction industry.In recent years there has been a growing focus on the potential afforded by DfMA to address systemic issues in construction in Hong Kong.