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The use of data in a consistent way, as part of the information management mandate, will be key to ensuring ongoing effectiveness across the whole life-cycle.Transforming Infrastructure Performance 2021 is positive, accessible and hopefully provides the drive needed to invest in change by looking for opportunities to align with the rest of the industry, and by taking small steps which can be expanded upon for further growth.. On a related note, although the definition of what we mean by a platform approach to construction is now becoming more fulsome, we can still go back to the IPA document from 2018 and continue to find it completely relevant and valid.

This demonstrates a consistency of thinking which should be quite reassuring.TIP 2021 is just a more detailed roadmap, and this should be helpful to people if they are struggling with the concepts.Of course, we do run the risk that the term “kit-of-parts” itself is becoming so commonly used now that it may become misused, an issue we’ve seen happen with other MMC nomenclature.

We don’t want to create a plethora of kits-of-parts, as value and quality of delivery will be ensured by harmonising those approaches, systems and processes.. We also don’t want people to feel so overwhelmed at the thought of everything changing that they ignore what’s happening and never begin.We need to try and articulate the way of doing this as clearly as possible.

Some of the work the Construction Innovation Hub is doing now is about bringing together all of the different puzzle pieces.

Moreover, it’s important to recognise that the Roadmap to 2030 sets everything out in a way which makes it easier for people to plan, looking at what will happen in the first two years of our progression, then two to five years, and five to ten.For more information about the proposed strategy, see:.

Repurposing Coal: how a P-DfMA approach will help coal-fired power stations fight climate change.Bryden Wood unveils digital platform for decarbonising electricity production by 2050Above - in this video, Architecture Director Steven Tilkin describes Bryden Wood's approach to designing a new type of prison [image MoJ].. An innovative approach from an innovative Ministry.

The cycle of re-offending is a huge cost to the UK economy.A 2016 study of a group of offenders who re-offended within 12 months of release from prison estimated that the total economic and social cost of reoffending was £18.1 billion..