Automatically knowing the provenance of a built asset allows us to get into a circular economy.
We need to find a way to facilitate this shift to industrialised construction because almost nothing is coming out in the way we intended it, Marks says, particularly in terms of cost, certainty, and schedule..Still, switching the whole ecosystem to support industrialised construction represents a very difficult challenge..
Starting with DfMA.Marks feels one beneficial change would come from the construction industry committing more broadly to seeking guidance from manufacturing professionals.Currently, that isn’t often happening.
However, if we want to shift to more of a manufacturing mindset, she believes it’s essential that we “get the right people in the room.”.“The majority of the consultants that are working with our customers and myself on the industrialised construction offering are manufacturing consultants,” she says.
“You have to think of things like systems architecture, and you have to understand things like flow.
These are guys who live, breathe, eat, drink and sleep manufacturing, who understand how to apply it to these spaces.Robust testing and early collaboration with manufacturers and utility providers are key to ensuring new solutions are both effective and safe..
Sustainable Power: Turning a liability into an opportunity.As data centres draw ever larger amounts of power, sustainability becomes central.
Lincoln describes Edged’s parent organisation, Endeavour, as taking a holistic view of energy usage and carbon reduction.He explains the vision behind it:.