Victor Frankl, who survived a concentration camp in WW2 and went on to write “Man’s search for meaning” and General Stockdale, who was captured in Vietnam and survived brutal imprisonment, both concluded that living with the uncertainty in those times was key to survival.
Platforms dramatically reduce the risk of on-site changes in two key ways:.Intelligent design and automated fabrication remove the need for human ‘interpretation’ of drawings, increasing accuracy and consistency, for greater safety and productivity.
Platform II was designed to use basic materials with the minimum amount of fabrication where possible.Most components use no or low levels of fabrication (these can be thought of as ‘dumb’ components).These components tend to be the large, heavy, commoditised elements including:.
Columns - standard square hollow sections are used with little/no ‘fabrication’ (a single hole is punched or laser cut in each column);.Beams are made using a standard rolled metal profile (metal coils are passed through a highly efficient, automated rolling process with virtually no waste, no double handling etc.)
as a permanent shutter for concrete.
As much ‘intelligence’ as possible is then placed in the interfaces (e.g.As things stand, we know from talking to funders that construction is seen as the riskiest investment option by far.
Conversely, we know there’s a great deal of interest in financing clean technology, so there’s a lot of money going into an associated industry.Construction Platform design offers a huge opportunity, because if we could demonstrate a consistent ability to deliver things to price and budget, investors would view construction differently.
As a result, this could see investors flooding towards construction, as they would get a healthy return on their investment.There’s also the potential for the creation of a virtuous circle, whereby investment boosts spending on construction, which creates jobs and skills.