In order to improve outdoor pollution, local planning policies in some areas of the UK are requesting that buildings become air quality neutral and even air quality positive.

Built Environment Matters podcast.episode featuring.

, Vice President of Enterprise Transformation at Autodesk, in conversation with.Jaimie Johnston MBE.- Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood.. Over twenty years ago, the Queen of Prefab, Amy Marks found herself talking to the C-Suite of one of the biggest contractors in the world.. She said, “I can show you a way that you can do more, with less people on the job site, and make these jobs shorter.”.

The CEO responded, “Why would we want to do that?That's where we make all our money.”.

Now, Marks says, everything is changing.

That sort of behaviour and thought process isn’t really acceptable anymore.Where clients want the variability and flexibility is in the massing of the building, the articulation of the material choice and facade design.. We worked very hard with clients in the early stages to make sure that the construction Platforms we developed have enough variability in the areas which will facilitate maximum benefit.

We want to have a Design to Value process which achieves exactly what is desired..Tier 1 and the supply chain.

Another benefit we see from DfMA construction is the evolution of a more direct relationship between the customer and their supply chain partners, cutting down on transactional costs and eliminating a lot of inefficiency.The contractor’s role becomes more profitable and sophisticated – what we refer to as a manufacturing assembly manager.