Engineering Success

Developing the façade solution around the structural platform at an early stage, allowed us to really optimise the use of materials and detailing and create the most efficient units for handling in the factory and on-site.. Wojciech Brozyna, Managing Director, Alupro.

Bryden Wood’s two key markets in Asia - Singapore and Hong Kong - have both had recent success at promoting DfMA with a focus on volumetric modular construction.This approach to prefabrication has been given a different name in each market: Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric Construction (PPVC) in Singapore, and Modular Integrated Construction (MiC) in Hong Kong.. Bryden Wood has been privileged to play a part in the development of the DfMA market in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Now as off-site becomes more established in both markets, the benefits and limitations of volumetric modular construction are becoming clear and we have been considering the question, ‘What next?’.. Singapore: Prefabricated Prefinished Voulmetric Construction.Singapore has a strong reputation as a regional innovator and the construction industry is no exception.In 2010, Singapore’s Building and Construction Authority (BCA) launched the.

Construction Productivity Roadmap.to foster improvement in workforce productivity and greater technology adoption by the industry.. DfMA has been on the radar in Singapore since at least 2014 when it was identified as a key component of the second.

Building Information Modelling (BIM) Roadmap issued by BCA.

In 2015, the Singapore Government published the.This graph paints the picture that scale has.

The model does not consider that smaller scale can be made more efficient through step changes in automation which are already being developed.it does not account for the fact that making a larger number of repeat units itself leverages economies of scale and the unit price for small scale could well reduce over time.

This is the dream of new nuclear, where the aim is that smaller multiple units will deliver both a time and cost improvement..The conclusion for me is that scale absolutely matters and it needs to be carefully and thoroughly considered.